Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1148096 search inquires.

Selected title: Mail Bid
Explanation: An auction format in which bids are submitted by mail; the highest offer for each lot received by the closing date wins the lot (several other rules usually apply)

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56289  13.16%
Silver Clad 33163  7.75%
Coin Silver 25263  5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24178  5.65%
BN 23704  5.54%
Encapsulated Coin 22657  5.30%
RB 22176  5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19150  4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 19052  4.45%
Reeded Edge 17984  4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17761  4.15%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17186  4.02%
Obverse or Face side 17172  4.01%
Rarity 17087  3.99%
PQ 16699  3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16364  3.83%
Incuse 15745  3.68%
Coin drop 15628  3.65%
High Relief 15357  3.59%
Reverse Cameo 15120  3.53%