Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1111766 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)	55974	13.27%
Silver Clad	32874	7.79%
Coin Silver	24931	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23862	5.66%
BN	23433	5.56%
Encapsulated Coin	22372	5.30%
RB	21875	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18856	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18824	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17681	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17490	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16943	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16825	3.99%
Rarity	16724	3.96%
PQ	16419	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16119	3.82%
Incuse	15446	3.66%
Coin drop	15276	3.62%
High Relief	15067	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14806	3.51%