Thread: Numismatic Acronyms

Term Definition

ACG= Accu Grade
ADO= Abraded Die Obverse
ADR= Abraded Die Reverse
AG= About Good
ANA= American Numismatic Association
ANACS= American Numismatic Association Certification Service
AU= About Uncirculated
BS= Business Strike
BREEN= Walter Breen Listing
BU= Brilliant Uncirculated
BV= Bullion Value
CML= CONECA Master Listing
CC= Condition Census (Highest Grade Known)
CC= Carson City (Mint)
CCW= Counter Clockwise
CONECA= Combined Org. of Numismatic Error Collectors of America
CN= Cupro-Nickel
CPG= Cherry Picker's Guide
CUD= Major Die Break
CW= Clockwise
DC (DCAM)= Deep Cameo
DD= Doubled Die
DDD= Die Deterioration Doubling
DDO= Doubled Die Obverse
DDR= Doubled Die Reverse
DMPL Deep Mirrors Proof Like
DMR= Die Marriage Registry
EDS= Early Die State
EF= Extremely Fine
EMDS= Early Mid Die State
EPU= E Pluribus Unum
FBL= Full Bell Lines
FS= Full Steps
FS= Fivaz-Stanton Listing
FSB= Full Split Bands
FSNC= Full Step Nickel Club
ICG= Independent Coin Grading Service
KM= Krause-Mishler Listing
LDS= Late Die State
LMDS= Late Mid Die State
MAD= Misaligned Die
MD= Master Die
MDD= Machine Damage Doubling
MDO= Master Die Obverse
MDR= Master Die Reverse
MDS= Mid Die State
MM= Mint Mark
MMS= Mint Mark Style
MPD= Misplaced Date
MS= Mint State
NCADD= National Collectors Association of Die Doubling
NLG= Numismatic Literary Guild
NTC= Numitrust Corporation
OBV= Obverse
ODV= Obverse Design Variety
OMM= Over Mint Mark
PCGS= Professional Coin Grading Service
PCI= Photo-Certified Coin Institute
PF= (PRF) Proof
PL= Proof Like
PQ= Proof Qualities
PR= Proof
PUP= Pick Up Point
PVC= Poly Vinyl Chloride
QDO= Quadrupled Die Obverse
QDR= Quadrupled Die Reverse
RDV= Reverse Design Variety
REV= Reverse
ROT= Rotated Reverse
RPD= Repunched Date
RPM= Repunched Mint Mark
RPMP= Repunched Mint Mark Punch
SD= Series Doubling
SDO= Series Doubled Obverse
SDR= Series Doubled Reverse
SEGS= Sovereign Entities Grading Service
SMS= Special Mint Set
SNOW= Rick Snow Listing
SP= Specimen
TDO= Tripled Die Obverse
TDR= Tripled Die Reverse
UC= Ultra Cameo
UNC= Uncirculated
URS= Universal Rarity Scale
UVC= Universal Variety Code
VAM= Van Allen-Mallis Listing
VEDS= Very Early Die State
VG= Very Good
VF= Very Fine
VLDS= Very Late Die State
WDDO= Wexler Doubled Die Obverse Listing
WDDR= Wexler Doubled Die Reverse Listing
WH= Working Hub
WHO= Working Hub Obverse
WHR= Working Hub Reverse
WRPM= Wexler Repunched Mint Mark Listing
XF= Extremely Fine

Can you give an example of a CPG?

Also you left off FH = Full Head

And - FT for Full Torch - RD for Red, RB for Red Brown - FH for Full Horn, FT for Full Tail - FB for Full Bands - CAM for Cameo - UCAM for Ultra Cameo - and I'm certain a score of others I can't think of right now

I've seen the name Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS on the royal mint website. Can anyone tell me what the letters FRBS mean? (all i can think of is Federal Reserve Bank Sculptor)

cheers.

rich.

FBL= full bell lines

Originally Posted by richcastle

I've seen the name Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS on the royal mint website. Can anyone tell me what the letters FRBS mean? (all i can think of is Federal Reserve Bank Sculptor)

cheers.

rich.

Maybe Ferderal Reserve bureau (however you spell it) secritary??

Gsa? :d

Don't forget the other PQ: Premium Quality. Granted, it's an extremely over-used term, but still...

Originally Posted by rbm86

Can you give an example of a CPG?

As far as I know, there is only one Cherry Pickers Guide.
Volume 1, published by Stanton publishing (now in its 4th edition) was written by Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton, thus giving rise to the Fivaz-Stanton (FS) numbering system for die varieties. Volume I covers half-cents through nickels.

Volume II published in 2006 by Whitman Publishing covers all other coins starting with half-dimes.

Originally Posted by SapperNurse

Gsa? :d

General Services Administration

Originally Posted by National dealer

AG= About Good

I thought AG stood for "absolute garbage".

Originally Posted by codydude815

Maybe Ferderal Reserve bureau (however you spell it) secritary??

Dont know if it's that. I should have mentioned that Rank-Broadley works for the royal mint and designs the images on the obverses of the uk issues.

Any ideas anyone?

cheers.

rich.

Originally Posted by richcastle

I've seen the name Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS on the royal mint website. Can anyone tell me what the letters FRBS mean? (all i can think of is Federal Reserve Bank Sculptor)

cheers.

rich.

It means he is a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. Click Here

Originally Posted by GDJMSP

It means he is a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. Click Here

many thanks for that.

rich

Here's another: OBW (Original Bank Wrapped) referring to rolls of coins.

Is anyone collecting these additions into a master list? It would be good to have a clean version of it in the Numismatic Resources forum.