Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 898899 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) 53622  14.25%
Silver Clad 30828  8.20%
Coin Silver 22864  6.08%
Slabbed Coins 21700  5.77%
BN 21147  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20525  5.46%
RB 19542  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16886  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16470  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15615  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15579  4.14%
PQ 14386  3.82%
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Obverse or Face side 12395  3.30%