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what the heck is PQ

indianabyronindianabyron Posts: 1,023
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I have seen it used i have heard it used at coin shows. What the heck does it mean???



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  • jestirjestir Posts: 17
    Premium Quality....or that is what I think anyway
    Trying to make a set of just about anything....but too broke to do so.... :-P

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  • doeremedoereme Posts: 46
    Yep...what he ^ said...Pat
  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    PQ means almost a grade higher like MS-64 PQ is high grade 64 or super low grade 65
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    It's what a dealer tells you each coin is as you pick it up for viewing.

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  • jestirjestir Posts: 17
    Yeah, what Russ said image
    Trying to make a set of just about anything....but too broke to do so.... :-P

    Collect all US coins, attempting to make a set of certified Sivler Eagles
  • indianabyronindianabyron Posts: 1,023
    lol Russ I have heard lost of dealers say that when the coin looked like a burnt piece of bolgna

    Byron
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    My first YOU SUCK on May 6 2005
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>PQ means almost a grade higher like MS-64 PQ is high grade 64 or super low grade 65 >>


    Or, in Braddick's case, it's FR02 that is super-low-grade and should be PO-01, or PO-01 that is so great it shouldn't even have a date! (hey- that rhymes!)
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  • CoppernicusCoppernicus Posts: 1,764 ✭
    Once again, Russ got it right! PQ (premium quality) is the coin the dealer has in his case. Your coin, even if undergraded, is not PQ image
    Coppernicus

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  • gemseekergemseeker Posts: 276 ✭
    PQ is also what the car salesman also says about any car in the lot. image
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