Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1014962 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) 55068 13.66%
Silver Clad 32045 7.95%
Coin Silver 24131 5.99%
Slabbed Coins 23041 5.72%
BN 22620 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21670 5.38%
RB 21044 5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18121 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 17843 4.43%
Reeded Edge 16880 4.19%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16788 4.16%
PR (PR60, PR70) 15834 3.93%
Rarity 15704 3.90%
PQ 15651 3.88%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15415 3.82%
Incuse 14714 3.65%
Coin drop 14434 3.58%
High Relief 14348 3.56%
Reverse Cameo 14001 3.47%
Obverse or Face side 13722 3.40%