Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 955264 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)	54520	13.88%
Silver Clad	31586	8.04%
Coin Silver	23671	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22525	5.74%
BN	22068	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21271	5.42%
RB	20444	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17669	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17300	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16410	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16368	4.17%
PQ	15192	3.87%
Rarity	15065	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15016	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14981	3.81%
Incuse	14185	3.61%
Coin drop	13928	3.55%
High Relief	13883	3.53%
Reverse Cameo	13456	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13167	3.35%