Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 17932 search inquires.

Selected term: Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML)

Explanation: Having highly reflective mirrorlike fields, similar to a coin struck as a Proof

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Silver Clad 1159  12.33%
PR (PR60, PR70) 701  7.46%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 671  7.14%
BN 605  6.44%
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 586  6.23%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 536  5.70%
Encapsulated Coin 448  4.77%
Reeded Edge 430  4.57%
PF (PF60, PF70) 429  4.56%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 423  4.50%
RB 404  4.30%
MS (MS60-MS70) 401  4.27%
Obverse or Face side 370  3.94%
Reverse Cameo 365  3.88%
Coin Silver 336  3.57%
Clad Coinage 328  3.49%
Buffing (whizzed) 319  3.39%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 310  3.30%
RD 296  3.15%
Hard Times Tokens 274  2.92%