Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 969481 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

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DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54692  13.82%
Silver Clad 31716  8.01%
Coin Silver 23799  6.01%
Slabbed Coins 22671  5.73%
BN 22227  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 21379  5.40%
RB 20604  5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17820  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17458  4.41%
Reeded Edge 16547  4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16496  4.17%
PQ 15342  3.88%
Rarity 15269  3.86%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15176  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15110  3.82%
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High Relief 14023  3.54%
Reverse Cameo 13614  3.44%
Obverse or Face side 13337  3.37%