Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 860160 search inquires.

Selected title: Bid Sheet
Explanation: A page in an auction catalogue, that is usually perforated at the inner edge for easy removal, on which the customer can record his bids. This sheet is then mailed in or given to the auctioneer; Weekly, monthly, and quarterly wholesale sheets used by coin dealers are sometimes referred to as bid sheets

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 52720 14.53%
Silver Clad 30197 8.32%
Coin Silver 22201 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21069 5.81%
BN 20432 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19930 5.49%
RB 18853 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16233 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15731 4.34%
Reeded Edge 14998 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14956 4.12%
PQ 13772 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13648 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13606 3.75%
Rarity 13241 3.65%
Incuse 12645 3.49%
High Relief 12533 3.45%
Coin drop 12367 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11887 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11785 3.25%