Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1044688 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)	55352	13.57%
Silver Clad	32278	7.91%
Coin Silver	24360	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23292	5.71%
BN	22866	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21874	5.36%
RB	21323	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18348	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18055	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17123	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16972	4.16%
Rarity	16056	3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16046	3.93%
PQ	15871	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15624	3.83%
Incuse	14931	3.66%
Coin drop	14670	3.60%
High Relief	14550	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14231	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13970	3.42%