Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 252596 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) 17002 13.76%
Silver Clad 13637 11.04%
BN 9427 7.63%
Encapsulated Coin 7964 6.45%
RB 6816 5.52%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 6332 5.12%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 6316 5.11%
Reeded Edge 5374 4.35%
Coin Silver 5230 4.23%
PF (PF60, PF70) 5075 4.11%
Obverse or Face side 4921 3.98%
PR (PR60, PR70) 4765 3.86%
PQ 4356 3.53%
MS (MS60-MS70) 4255 3.44%
Reverse Cameo 4026 3.26%
High Relief 3893 3.15%
Slabbed Coins 3725 3.01%
Clad Coinage 3546 2.87%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 3476 2.81%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 3310 2.68%