Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 573956 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) 35181 13.78%
Silver Clad 25722 10.08%
BN 16005 6.27%
Encapsulated Coin 15463 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 14431 5.65%
RB 14427 5.65%
Coin Silver 12078 4.73%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11792 4.62%
Reeded Edge 11142 4.36%
PF (PF60, PF70) 11135 4.36%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10905 4.27%
PQ 9703 3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 9651 3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70) 9339 3.66%
High Relief 8985 3.52%
Incuse 8458 3.31%
Obverse or Face side 8367 3.28%
Rarity 7863 3.08%
Reverse Cameo 7294 2.86%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 7282 2.85%