Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 930091 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)	54177	14.00%
Silver Clad	31318	8.10%
Coin Silver	23389	6.05%
Slabbed Coins	22223	5.74%
BN	21750	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21021	5.43%
RB	20107	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17408	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17011	4.40%
Reeded Edge	16120	4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16109	4.16%
PQ	14880	3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14738	3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14727	3.81%
Rarity	14698	3.80%
Incuse	13862	3.58%
High Relief	13615	3.52%
Coin drop	13606	3.52%
Reverse Cameo	13133	3.39%
Obverse or Face side	12890	3.33%