Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 1135993 search inquires.

Selected title: Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML)
Explanation: Having highly reflective mirrorlike fields, similar to a coin struck as a Proof

Most popular coin titles

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 56175 13.20%
Silver Clad 33057 7.77%
Coin Silver 25141 5.91%
Slabbed Coins 24067 5.66%
BN 23599 5.55%
Encapsulated Coin 22546 5.30%
RB 22062 5.18%
PF (PF60, PF70) 19050 4.48%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 18973 4.46%
Reeded Edge 17868 4.20%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 17664 4.15%
Obverse or Face side 17084 4.01%
PR (PR60, PR70) 17067 4.01%
Rarity 16958 3.98%
PQ 16593 3.90%
MS (MS60-MS70) 16279 3.83%
Incuse 15632 3.67%
Coin drop 15495 3.64%
High Relief 15248 3.58%
Reverse Cameo 15000 3.52%