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%