Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 513273 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) 32258 13.86%
Silver Clad 24126 10.36%
BN 15071 6.47%
Encapsulated Coin 14463 6.21%
RB 13080 5.62%
Slabbed Coins 12613 5.42%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 10955 4.71%
Coin Silver 10900 4.68%
Reeded Edge 10228 4.39%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10136 4.35%
PF (PF60, PF70) 9746 4.19%
PQ 8680 3.73%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8668 3.72%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8336 3.58%
High Relief 8155 3.50%
Obverse or Face side 7819 3.36%
Rarity 7075 3.04%
Incuse 6921 2.97%
Reverse Cameo 6764 2.91%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6660 2.86%