PCGS Grading Site (Price Guide)

USA, you can look up these terms in most online coin glossaries.

FB means Full Band. "Mercury Head Dimes that have fully defined bands on the faces. Only well struck coins will have these features".


PL is Proof Like - "A circulation strike that mimics the deeply reflective appearance of a Proof coin".


DM is Deep Mirrored - This term usually goes with DMPL, which is "a coin struck for circulation that has extremely reflective surfaces. You can see yourself in these impressive little beauties".

Here is another thread discussing this (I asked the same question on PL and DM a couple of weeks ago! )

https://goccf.com/t/8490&SearchTerms=dmpl

I like the PCGS glossary. Very detailed.

Here is the one I used to come up with my reply last night:

http://www.bestcoin.com/glossary.htm

I you can't find it in one of these three, then it probably doesn't exist!