Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1082819 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)	55700	13.44%
Silver Clad	32629	7.87%
Coin Silver	24709	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	23603	5.69%
BN	23205	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22160	5.35%
RB	21634	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18623	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18564	4.48%
Reeded Edge	17443	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17271	4.17%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16485	3.98%
Rarity	16423	3.96%
PQ	16190	3.91%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15907	3.84%
Incuse	15209	3.67%
Coin drop	15020	3.62%
High Relief	14852	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14567	3.51%
Obverse or Face side	14262	3.44%