Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 939308 search inquires.

Random 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)	54303	13.96%
Silver Clad	31414	8.07%
Coin Silver	23491	6.04%
Slabbed Coins	22342	5.74%
BN	21876	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21128	5.43%
RB	20229	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17513	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17132	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16231	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16216	4.17%
PQ	14995	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14839	3.81%
Rarity	14836	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14828	3.81%
Incuse	13971	3.59%
Coin drop	13727	3.53%
High Relief	13715	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13262	3.41%
Obverse or Face side	12987	3.34%