Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 877694 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) 53165  14.43%
Silver Clad 30472  8.27%
Coin Silver 22458  6.10%
Slabbed Coins 21319  5.79%
BN 20706  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20178  5.48%
RB 19120  5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16535  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16034  4.35%
Reeded Edge 15261  4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15203  4.13%
PQ 14007  3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13892  3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13853  3.76%
Rarity 13557  3.68%
Incuse 12884  3.50%
High Relief 12760  3.46%
Coin drop 12700  3.45%
Reverse Cameo 12150  3.30%
Obverse or Face side 12043  3.27%