Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1055559 search inquires.

Selected title: Red Book

Explanation: The Handbook of U.S. Coins, a retail price guide for U.S. coins published annually, originally written by R.S. Yeoman. Perhaps the most popular book for listing US coin retail values, grades, and mintages

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55446	13.55%
Silver Clad	32351	7.90%
Coin Silver	24456	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23359	5.71%
BN	22946	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21945	5.36%
RB	21395	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18413	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18127	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17206	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17039	4.16%
Rarity	16155	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16136	3.94%
PQ	15948	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15693	3.83%
Incuse	14994	3.66%
Coin drop	14758	3.61%
High Relief	14620	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14303	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	14046	3.43%