Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1071752 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)	55591	13.48%
Silver Clad	32492	7.88%
Coin Silver	24610	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23501	5.70%
BN	23076	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22068	5.35%
RB	21534	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18533	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18442	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17350	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17175	4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16384	3.97%
Rarity	16306	3.95%
PQ	16098	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15817	3.84%
Incuse	15114	3.66%
Coin drop	14917	3.62%
High Relief	14765	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14440	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14179	3.44%