Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 833789 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) 47303 13.48%
Silver Clad 29848 8.51%
Coin Silver 21860 6.23%
Slabbed Coins 20738 5.91%
BN 20113 5.73%
Encapsulated Coin 19582 5.58%
RB 18545 5.29%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 15813 4.51%
PF (PF60, PF70) 15394 4.39%
Reeded Edge 14670 4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 14574 4.15%
PQ 13480 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 13299 3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70) 13260 3.78%
Rarity 12813 3.65%
Incuse 12313 3.51%
High Relief 12235 3.49%
Coin drop 11901 3.39%
Reverse Cameo 11561 3.30%
Obverse or Face side 11481 3.27%