Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 270576 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) 18294 13.87%
Silver Clad 14676 11.13%
BN 9880 7.49%
Encapsulated Coin 8443 6.40%
RB 7350 5.57%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 6752 5.12%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 6617 5.02%
Reeded Edge 5728 4.34%
Coin Silver 5606 4.25%
PF (PF60, PF70) 5342 4.05%
Obverse or Face side 5128 3.89%
PR (PR60, PR70) 5004 3.79%
PQ 4686 3.55%
MS (MS60-MS70) 4552 3.45%
High Relief 4344 3.29%
Slabbed Coins 4251 3.22%
Reverse Cameo 4209 3.19%
Clad Coinage 3740 2.84%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 3669 2.78%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 3513 2.66%