Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 608218 search inquires.

Selected term: 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 terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 36532 13.73%
Silver Clad 26307 9.89%
BN 16479 6.19%
Encapsulated Coin 15882 5.97%
Slabbed Coins 15245 5.73%
RB 14954 5.62%
Coin Silver 12522 4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12184 4.58%
PF (PF60, PF70) 11727 4.41%
Reeded Edge 11575 4.35%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11317 4.25%
PQ 10094 3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70) 9996 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 9828 3.69%
High Relief 9311 3.50%
Incuse 9087 3.42%
Obverse or Face side 8602 3.23%
Coin drop 8464 3.18%
Rarity 8204 3.08%
Reverse Cameo 7595 2.85%