Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 919186 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) 54035  14.07%
Silver Clad 31185  8.12%
Coin Silver 23256  6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22092  5.75%
BN 21593  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20902  5.44%
RB 19958  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17272  4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16865  4.39%
Reeded Edge 15982  4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15968  4.16%
PQ 14756  3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14620  3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14592  3.80%
Rarity 14534  3.78%
Incuse 13714  3.57%
High Relief 13481  3.51%
Coin drop 13469  3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12969  3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12765  3.32%