Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 706887 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) 40099 13.18%
Silver Clad 27892 9.17%
Coin Silver 20004 6.57%
BN 17912 5.89%
Slabbed Coins 17840 5.86%
Encapsulated Coin 17298 5.69%
RB 16576 5.45%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 13537 4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70) 13389 4.40%
Reeded Edge 12950 4.26%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 12653 4.16%
PQ 11504 3.78%
MS (MS60-MS70) 11407 3.75%
PR (PR60, PR70) 11282 3.71%
High Relief 10571 3.47%
Incuse 10554 3.47%
Rarity 10102 3.32%
Coin drop 9895 3.25%
Obverse or Face side 9820 3.23%
Reverse Cameo 8948 2.94%