Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 527818 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) 32977 13.86%
Silver Clad 24581 10.33%
BN 15281 6.42%
Encapsulated Coin 14682 6.17%
RB 13359 5.61%
Slabbed Coins 13032 5.48%
Coin Silver 11168 4.69%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 11127 4.68%
Reeded Edge 10432 4.38%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 10297 4.33%
PF (PF60, PF70) 10037 4.22%
PQ 8911 3.75%
MS (MS60-MS70) 8910 3.74%
PR (PR60, PR70) 8488 3.57%
High Relief 8352 3.51%
Obverse or Face side 7960 3.35%
Incuse 7362 3.09%
Rarity 7259 3.05%
Reverse Cameo 6889 2.90%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 6792 2.85%