Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 489668 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) 31152 13.90%
Silver Clad 23550 10.51%
BN 14725 6.57%
Encapsulated Coin 14044 6.27%
RB 12640 5.64%
Slabbed Coins 11905 5.31%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 10619 4.74%
Coin Silver 10481 4.68%
Reeded Edge 9824 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 9801 4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70) 9318 4.16%
PQ 8307 3.71%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8233 3.67%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8027 3.58%
High Relief 7868 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 7583 3.38%
Rarity 6750 3.01%
Reverse Cameo 6524 2.91%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6406 2.86%
Clad Coinage 6328 2.82%