Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 756400 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	43323	13.36%
Silver Clad	28783	8.87%
Coin Silver	20858	6.43%
Slabbed Coins	19272	5.94%
BN	18930	5.84%
Encapsulated Coin	18231	5.62%
RB	17577	5.42%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	14348	4.42%
PF (PF60, PF70)	14237	4.39%
Reeded Edge	13724	4.23%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	13436	4.14%
PQ	12490	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	12199	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	12056	3.72%
High Relief	11313	3.49%
Incuse	11291	3.48%
Rarity	11270	3.47%
Coin drop	10674	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	10550	3.25%
Reverse Cameo	9749	3.01%