Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 612022 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)	36698	13.72%
Silver Clad	26395	9.87%
BN	16533	6.18%
Encapsulated Coin	15945	5.96%
Slabbed Coins	15356	5.74%
RB	15046	5.63%
Coin Silver	12589	4.71%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	12248	4.58%
PF (PF60, PF70)	11816	4.42%
Reeded Edge	11635	4.35%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	11374	4.25%
PQ	10147	3.79%
MS (MS60-MS70)	10060	3.76%
PR (PR60, PR70)	9885	3.70%
High Relief	9369	3.50%
Incuse	9168	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	8634	3.23%
Coin drop	8546	3.20%
Rarity	8250	3.09%
Reverse Cameo	7643	2.86%