Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1066086 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	55541	13.51%
Silver Clad	32449	7.89%
Coin Silver	24556	5.97%
Slabbed Coins	23446	5.70%
BN	23023	5.60%
Encapsulated Coin	22022	5.35%
RB	21484	5.22%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	18492	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	18300	4.45%
Reeded Edge	17302	4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	17131	4.17%
Rarity	16243	3.95%
PR (PR60, PR70)	16225	3.95%
PQ	16041	3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15775	3.84%
Incuse	15069	3.66%
Coin drop	14866	3.61%
High Relief	14723	3.58%
Reverse Cameo	14391	3.50%
Obverse or Face side	14134	3.44%