Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 371623 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) 24964 14.10%
Silver Clad 19877 11.23%
BN 12301 6.95%
Encapsulated Coin 11202 6.33%
RB 9969 5.63%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 8674 4.90%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 8063 4.55%
Slabbed Coins 7936 4.48%
Coin Silver 7848 4.43%
Reeded Edge 7711 4.35%
PF (PF60, PF70) 7101 4.01%
PQ 6540 3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70) 6375 3.60%
Obverse or Face side 6237 3.52%
High Relief 6102 3.45%
MS (MS60-MS70) 6073 3.43%
Reverse Cameo 5235 2.96%
Rarity 5037 2.84%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 4952 2.80%
Clad Coinage 4761 2.69%