Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1003502 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) 54965  13.70%
Silver Clad 31965  7.97%
Coin Silver 24041  5.99%
Slabbed Coins 22947  5.72%
BN 22523  5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21593  5.38%
RB 20934  5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18041  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17749  4.42%
Reeded Edge 16795  4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16704  4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15743  3.92%
Rarity 15588  3.88%
PQ 15573  3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15327  3.82%
Incuse 14618  3.64%
Coin drop 14336  3.57%
High Relief 14256  3.55%
Reverse Cameo 13901  3.46%
Obverse or Face side 13580  3.38%