Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 871389 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)	53044	14.48%
Silver Clad	30374	8.29%
Coin Silver	22366	6.11%
Slabbed Coins	21226	5.79%
BN	20601	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20092	5.49%
RB	19031	5.20%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	16443	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	15901	4.34%
Reeded Edge	15166	4.14%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15118	4.13%
PQ	13922	3.80%
MS (MS60-MS70)	13804	3.77%
PR (PR60, PR70)	13758	3.76%
Rarity	13415	3.66%
Incuse	12781	3.49%
High Relief	12675	3.46%
Coin drop	12585	3.44%
Reverse Cameo	12041	3.29%
Obverse or Face side	11933	3.26%