Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 471307 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) 30187 13.88%
Silver Clad 23134 10.64%
BN 14414 6.63%
Encapsulated Coin 13632 6.27%
RB 12277 5.65%
Slabbed Coins 11381 5.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 10359 4.76%
Coin Silver 10178 4.68%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 9521 4.38%
Reeded Edge 9501 4.37%
PF (PF60, PF70) 8973 4.13%
PQ 8014 3.69%
MS (MS60-MS70) 7916 3.64%
PR (PR60, PR70) 7764 3.57%
High Relief 7639 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 7371 3.39%
Rarity 6504 2.99%
Reverse Cameo 6345 2.92%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6198 2.85%
Clad Coinage 6056 2.79%