A rear surface mirror having a base layer and a silver layer applied on a back surface of the base layer, the base layer being transparent to light to be reflected. A first intermediate layer is provided at least partially between the base layer and the silver layer.
A rear surface mirror having a base layer (2) and a silver layer (3) applied on a back surface of the base layer, the base layer being transparent to light to be reflected. A first intermediate layer (4) is at least partially provided between the base layer and the silver layer, and the first intermediate layer includes a refractory oxide or is made of it and has a melting point higher than that of silver . A further coating (6) is at least partially applied on the side of the silver layer oriented away from the base layer, said coating comprising refractory metals ruthenium, iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, osmium and / Or one of rhodium, or made of one of these metals.
