Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1044802 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)	55356	13.57%
Silver Clad	32285	7.92%
Coin Silver	24366	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23298	5.71%
BN	22873	5.61%
Encapsulated Coin	21876	5.36%
RB	21326	5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18354	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18058	4.43%
Reeded Edge	17129	4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16976	4.16%
Rarity	16061	3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16049	3.93%
PQ	15874	3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15629	3.83%
Incuse	14935	3.66%
Coin drop	14675	3.60%
High Relief	14555	3.57%
Reverse Cameo	14238	3.49%
Obverse or Face side	13974	3.43%