Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 882301 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)	53282	14.38%
Silver Clad	30564	8.25%
Coin Silver	22581	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21426	5.78%
BN	20832	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20276	5.47%
RB	19226	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16623	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16154	4.36%
Reeded Edge	15365	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15308	4.13%
PQ	14111	3.81%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13985	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13949	3.76%
Rarity	13702	3.70%
Incuse	13005	3.51%
High Relief	12853	3.47%
Coin drop	12829	3.46%
Reverse Cameo	12280	3.31%
Obverse or Face side	12157	3.28%