Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1106430 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)	55910	13.28%
Silver Clad	32822	7.80%
Coin Silver	24878	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23801	5.65%
BN	23378	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22318	5.30%
RB	21827	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18810	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18784	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17634	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17434	4.14%
Obverse or Face side	16893	4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16754	3.98%
Rarity	16659	3.96%
PQ	16367	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16065	3.82%
Incuse	15396	3.66%
Coin drop	15215	3.62%
High Relief	15020	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14754	3.51%