Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 185821 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) 10639 11.81%
Silver Clad 9783 10.86%
BN 7235 8.03%
Encapsulated Coin 5525 6.13%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 5025 5.58%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 4777 5.30%
RB 4681 5.20%
Obverse or Face side 4284 4.76%
Reeded Edge 4091 4.54%
Coin Silver 3946 4.38%
PF (PF60, PF70) 3704 4.11%
PR (PR60, PR70) 3694 4.10%
Reverse Cameo 3324 3.69%
MS (MS60-MS70) 3198 3.55%
PQ 3070 3.41%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 2891 3.21%
Clad Coinage 2770 3.07%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 2609 2.90%
Flyspecks 2468 2.74%
High Relief 2357 2.62%