Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 917359 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) 54009 14.08%
Silver Clad 31167 8.13%
Coin Silver 23227 6.06%
Slabbed Coins 22072 5.75%
BN 21565 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20878 5.44%
RB 19928 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17250 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16840 4.39%
Reeded Edge 15960 4.16%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15945 4.16%
PQ 14733 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14594 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14566 3.80%
Rarity 14507 3.78%
Incuse 13684 3.57%
High Relief 13454 3.51%
Coin drop 13452 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 12939 3.37%
Obverse or Face side 12738 3.32%