Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1115040 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)	55994	13.26%
Silver Clad	32900	7.79%
Coin Silver	24957	5.91%
Slabbed Coins	23894	5.66%
BN	23452	5.55%
Encapsulated Coin	22392	5.30%
RB	21898	5.19%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18873	4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18844	4.46%
Reeded Edge	17710	4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17511	4.15%
Obverse or Face side	16960	4.02%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16856	3.99%
Rarity	16755	3.97%
PQ	16438	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	16135	3.82%
Incuse	15470	3.66%
Coin drop	15300	3.62%
High Relief	15091	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14828	3.51%