Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 924486 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) 54093 14.04%
Silver Clad 31241 8.11%
Coin Silver 23314 6.05%
Slabbed Coins 22155 5.75%
BN 21654 5.62%
Encapsulated Coin 20960 5.44%
RB 20028 5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 17332 4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70) 16922 4.39%
Reeded Edge 16053 4.17%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 16039 4.16%
PQ 14813 3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70) 14680 3.81%
PR (PR60, PR70) 14660 3.80%
Rarity 14600 3.79%
Incuse 13779 3.58%
High Relief 13545 3.51%
Coin drop 13535 3.51%
Reverse Cameo 13041 3.38%
Obverse or Face side 12822 3.33%