Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 342574 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) 23231 14.07%
Silver Clad 18731 11.35%
BN 11767 7.13%
Encapsulated Coin 10488 6.35%
RB 9382 5.68%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 8195 4.96%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 7667 4.64%
Coin Silver 7172 4.34%
Reeded Edge 7155 4.33%
Slabbed Coins 6853 4.15%
PF (PF60, PF70) 6629 4.02%
PQ 6068 3.68%
PR (PR60, PR70) 6007 3.64%
Obverse or Face side 5924 3.59%
High Relief 5698 3.45%
MS (MS60-MS70) 5617 3.40%
Reverse Cameo 4965 3.01%
Rarity 4619 2.80%
Clad Coinage 4461 2.70%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 4391 2.66%