Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 877694 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'

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Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53165	14.43%
Silver Clad	30472	8.27%
Coin Silver	22458	6.10%
Slabbed Coins	21319	5.79%
BN	20706	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20178	5.48%
RB	19120	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16535	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16034	4.35%
Reeded Edge	15261	4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15203	4.13%
PQ	14007	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13892	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13853	3.76%
Rarity	13557	3.68%
Incuse	12884	3.50%
High Relief	12760	3.46%
Coin drop	12700	3.45%
Reverse Cameo	12150	3.30%
Obverse or Face side	12043	3.27%