Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1103069 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)	55889	13.30%
Silver Clad	32796	7.80%
Coin Silver	24849	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23774	5.66%
BN	23354	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22295	5.31%
RB	21801	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18773	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18765	4.47%
Reeded Edge	17605	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17411	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16872	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16715	3.98%
Rarity	16633	3.96%
PQ	16348	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16041	3.82%
Incuse	15366	3.66%
Coin drop	15192	3.61%
High Relief	15001	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14736	3.51%