Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1149341 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)	56302	13.15%
Silver Clad	33171	7.75%
Coin Silver	25271	5.90%
Slabbed Coins	24191	5.65%
BN	23716	5.54%
Encapsulated Coin	22668	5.30%
RB	22186	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	19163	4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	19067	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17995	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17771	4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17196	4.02%
Obverse or Face side	17182	4.01%
Rarity	17098	3.99%
PQ	16709	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16374	3.83%
Incuse	15753	3.68%
Coin drop	15640	3.65%
High Relief	15368	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	15131	3.54%