Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1153887 search inquires.

Selected title: Black Book

Explanation: An annually revised guide to values for U.S. coins, published in a softcover format

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	56366	13.14%
Silver Clad	33229	7.75%
Coin Silver	25316	5.90%
Slabbed Coins	24237	5.65%
BN	23769	5.54%
Encapsulated Coin	22720	5.30%
RB	22235	5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70)	19229	4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	19104	4.45%
Reeded Edge	18042	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17822	4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70)	17256	4.02%
Obverse or Face side	17238	4.02%
Rarity	17159	4.00%
PQ	16760	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16418	3.83%
Incuse	15806	3.68%
Coin drop	15700	3.66%
High Relief	15416	3.59%
Reverse Cameo	15182	3.54%