Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 899802 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) 53637  14.25%
Silver Clad 30838  8.19%
Coin Silver 22876  6.08%
Slabbed Coins 21716  5.77%
BN 21166  5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20535  5.46%
RB 19555  5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 16901  4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16491  4.38%
Reeded Edge 15627  4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 15596  4.14%
PQ 14394  3.82%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14248  3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14220  3.78%
Rarity 14087  3.74%
Incuse 13321  3.54%
High Relief 13117  3.48%
Coin drop 13104  3.48%
Reverse Cameo 12566  3.34%
Obverse or Face side 12404  3.30%