Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 651410 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) 37798 13.27%
Silver Clad 27036 9.49%
Coin Silver 19186 6.73%
BN 17033 5.98%
Encapsulated Coin 16452 5.77%
Slabbed Coins 16089 5.65%
RB 15610 5.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 12768 4.48%
PF (PF60, PF70) 12399 4.35%
Reeded Edge 12176 4.27%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 11895 4.17%
PQ 10650 3.74%
MS (MS60-MS70) 10594 3.72%
PR (PR60, PR70) 10455 3.67%
High Relief 9828 3.45%
Incuse 9766 3.43%
Coin drop 9093 3.19%
Obverse or Face side 9065 3.18%
Rarity 8867 3.11%
Reverse Cameo 8142 2.86%