Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 360573 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

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	24373	14.10%
Silver Clad	19475	11.27%
BN	12117	7.01%
Encapsulated Coin	10937	6.33%
RB	9735	5.63%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	8477	4.90%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	7913	4.58%
Coin Silver	7578	4.38%
Slabbed Coins	7527	4.36%
Reeded Edge	7526	4.35%
PF (PF60, PF70)	6924	4.01%
PQ	6376	3.69%
PR (PR60, PR70)	6237	3.61%
Obverse or Face side	6116	3.54%
High Relief	5948	3.44%
MS (MS60-MS70)	5911	3.42%
Reverse Cameo	5121	2.96%
Rarity	4898	2.83%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)	4830	2.79%
Clad Coinage	4640	2.68%