Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 888165 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)	53432	14.32%
Silver Clad	30685	8.23%
Coin Silver	22709	6.09%
Slabbed Coins	21552	5.78%
BN	20959	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20390	5.47%
RB	19363	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16738	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16298	4.37%
Reeded Edge	15487	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15433	4.14%
PQ	14235	3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14095	3.78%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14060	3.77%
Rarity	13827	3.71%
Incuse	13140	3.52%
High Relief	12972	3.48%
Coin drop	12956	3.47%
Reverse Cameo	12394	3.32%
Obverse or Face side	12260	3.29%