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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
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%