Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1132358 search inquires.

Selected title: PQ
Explanation: Premium Quality: Sometimes part of the sealed slab grade, such as a MS64 PQ (not quite good enough for MS65). Often it is just a hype adjective like 'Choice' or 'Select'

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56137 13.21%
Silver Clad 33025 7.77%
Coin Silver 25113 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24042 5.66%
BN 23578 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22525 5.30%
RB 22030 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19013 4.47%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18953 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17841 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17643 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17060 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17028 4.01%
Rarity 16920 3.98%
PQ 16564 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16259 3.83%
Incuse 15598 3.67%
Coin drop 15467 3.64%
High Relief 15219 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 14971 3.52%