Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 833472 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) 47284 13.48%
Silver Clad 29834 8.51%
Coin Silver 21851 6.23%
Slabbed Coins 20732 5.91%
BN 20106 5.73%
Encapsulated Coin 19576 5.58%
RB 18542 5.29%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15807 4.51%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15385 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14666 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14569 4.15%
PQ 13475 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13292 3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13249 3.78%
Rarity 12806 3.65%
Incuse 12310 3.51%
High Relief 12231 3.49%
Coin drop 11895 3.39%
Reverse Cameo 11556 3.30%
Obverse or Face side 11476 3.27%