Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 966310 search inquires.

Selected 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)	54652	13.84%
Silver Clad	31685	8.02%
Coin Silver	23770	6.02%
Slabbed Coins	22633	5.73%
BN	22181	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21348	5.40%
RB	20562	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17788	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17416	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16511	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16461	4.17%
PQ	15309	3.88%
Rarity	15215	3.85%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15141	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15083	3.82%
Incuse	14310	3.62%
Coin drop	14045	3.56%
High Relief	13984	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13579	3.44%
Obverse or Face side	13298	3.37%