Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1137511 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) 56187 13.19%
Silver Clad 33069 7.77%
Coin Silver 25157 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24080 5.65%
BN 23616 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22564 5.30%
RB 22074 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19063 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18987 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17884 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17681 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17096 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17087 4.01%
Rarity 16975 3.99%
PQ 16611 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16293 3.83%
Incuse 15642 3.67%
Coin drop 15508 3.64%
High Relief 15258 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15014 3.53%