Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 906066 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)	53767	14.18%
Silver Clad	30965	8.16%
Coin Silver	23012	6.07%
Slabbed Coins	21850	5.76%
BN	21313	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	20658	5.45%
RB	19698	5.19%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17027	4.49%
PF (PF60, PF70)	16620	4.38%
Reeded Edge	15756	4.15%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	15737	4.15%
PQ	14517	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14387	3.79%
PR (PR60, PR70)	14346	3.78%
Rarity	14239	3.75%
Incuse	13450	3.55%
Coin drop	13241	3.49%
High Relief	13237	3.49%
Reverse Cameo	12707	3.35%
Obverse or Face side	12533	3.30%