Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 798565 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) 45620 13.47%
Silver Clad 29384 8.67%
Coin Silver 21416 6.32%
Slabbed Coins 20137 5.94%
BN 19598 5.78%
Encapsulated Coin 19005 5.61%
RB 18130 5.35%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15064 4.45%
PF (PF60, PF70) 14882 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14268 4.21%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14080 4.16%
PQ 13047 3.85%
MS (MS60-MS70) 12779 3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70) 12729 3.76%
Rarity 12174 3.59%
Incuse 11866 3.50%
High Relief 11828 3.49%
Coin drop 11317 3.34%
Obverse or Face side 11078 3.27%
Reverse Cameo 10370 3.06%