Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 terms used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 13889 search inquires.

Random term: DMPL

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

Most popular coin terms

DefinitionSearchesPercentage
Silver Clad 1011 13.06%
PR (PR60, PR70) 616 7.96%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM) 594 7.68%
BN 473 6.11%
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70) 468 6.05%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM) 466 6.02%
Encapsulated Coin 366 4.73%
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DPML) 353 4.56%
Reeded Edge 343 4.43%
RB 339 4.38%
PF (PF60, PF70) 337 4.35%
MS (MS60-MS70) 333 4.30%
Obverse or Face side 301 3.89%
Reverse Cameo 285 3.68%
Coin Silver 258 3.33%
Buffing (whizzed) 250 3.23%
Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) 246 3.18%
RD 242 3.13%
Clad Coinage 238 3.08%
Hard Times Tokens 220 2.84%

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