Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 916118 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) 53991 14.09%
Silver Clad 31156 8.13%
Coin Silver 23215 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22061 5.76%
BN 21546 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20863 5.44%
RB 19916 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17238 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16826 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15945 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15930 4.16%
PQ 14723 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14577 3.80%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14555 3.80%
Rarity 14487 3.78%
Incuse 13666 3.57%
High Relief 13444 3.51%
Coin drop 13439 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12925 3.37%
Obverse or Face side 12725 3.32%