Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 734591 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) 41897 13.26%
Silver Clad 28429 9.00%
Coin Silver 20506 6.49%
Slabbed Coins 18728 5.93%
BN 18464 5.85%
Encapsulated Coin 17805 5.64%
RB 17147 5.43%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 14012 4.44%
PF (PF60, PF70) 13871 4.39%
Reeded Edge 13393 4.24%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 13098 4.15%
PQ 12052 3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 11878 3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70) 11738 3.72%
High Relief 11008 3.48%
Incuse 10987 3.48%
Rarity 10824 3.43%
Coin drop 10358 3.28%
Obverse or Face side 10249 3.24%
Reverse Cameo 9424 2.98%