Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 924891 search inquires.

Selected title: 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 titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 54103 14.03%
Silver Clad 31251 8.11%
Coin Silver 23322 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22162 5.75%
BN 21667 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20970 5.44%
RB 20039 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17340 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16933 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16064 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16047 4.16%
PQ 14823 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14685 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14668 3.80%
Rarity 14613 3.79%
Incuse 13787 3.58%
High Relief 13554 3.52%
Coin drop 13541 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13055 3.39%
Obverse or Face side 12829 3.33%