Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1132152 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

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56137 13.21%
Silver Clad 33025 7.77%
Coin Silver 25113 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24038 5.66%
BN 23575 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22524 5.30%
RB 22029 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19012 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18952 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17839 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17641 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17059 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17027 4.01%
Rarity 16917 3.98%
PQ 16564 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16257 3.83%
Incuse 15598 3.67%
Coin drop 15465 3.64%
High Relief 15219 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14971 3.52%