Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1046268 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) 55365 13.57%
Silver Clad 32294 7.91%
Coin Silver 24377 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 23309 5.71%
BN 22881 5.61%
Encapsulated Coin 21887 5.36%
RB 21334 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18362 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 18066 4.43%
Reeded Edge 17138 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16985 4.16%
Rarity 16074 3.94%
PR (PR60, PR70) 16056 3.93%
PQ 15884 3.89%
MS (MS60-MS70) 15633 3.83%
Incuse 14944 3.66%
Coin drop 14688 3.60%
High Relief 14563 3.57%
Reverse Cameo 14244 3.49%
Obverse or Face side 13982 3.43%