Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 777205 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) 44484 13.41%
Silver Clad 29092 8.77%
Coin Silver 21136 6.37%
Slabbed Coins 19756 5.95%
BN 19267 5.81%
Encapsulated Coin 18632 5.62%
RB 17886 5.39%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14697 4.43%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14577 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14005 4.22%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13757 4.15%
PQ 12796 3.86%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12505 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12392 3.74%
Rarity 11749 3.54%
Incuse 11598 3.50%
High Relief 11578 3.49%
Coin drop 10986 3.31%
Obverse or Face side 10814 3.26%
Reverse Cameo 10071 3.04%