Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 886034 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	53382	14.34%
Silver Clad	30648	8.23%
Coin Silver	22662	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21505	5.78%
BN	20915	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20356	5.47%
RB	19307	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16703	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16242	4.36%
Reeded Edge	15452	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15393	4.14%
PQ	14195	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14061	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14034	3.77%
Rarity	13793	3.71%
Incuse	13086	3.52%
High Relief	12935	3.48%
Coin drop	12921	3.47%
Reverse Cameo	12364	3.32%
Obverse or Face side	12231	3.29%