Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 883240 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) 53301 14.37%
Silver Clad 30575 8.25%
Coin Silver 22596 6.09%
Slabbed Coins 21440 5.78%
BN 20848 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20286 5.47%
RB 19249 5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16638 4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16171 4.36%
Reeded Edge 15377 4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15324 4.13%
PQ 14125 3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13994 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13964 3.77%
Rarity 13720 3.70%
Incuse 13014 3.51%
High Relief 12865 3.47%
Coin drop 12845 3.46%
Reverse Cameo 12296 3.32%
Obverse or Face side 12170 3.28%