Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 859849 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) 52708 14.53%
Silver Clad 30191 8.32%
Coin Silver 22195 6.12%
Slabbed Coins 21063 5.81%
BN 20427 5.63%
Encapsulated Coin 19922 5.49%
RB 18847 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16225 4.47%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15724 4.34%
Reeded Edge 14991 4.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14947 4.12%
PQ 13765 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13640 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13601 3.75%
Rarity 13236 3.65%
Incuse 12639 3.48%
High Relief 12528 3.45%
Coin drop 12359 3.41%
Reverse Cameo 11882 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 11779 3.25%