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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 07-01-2009, 10:33 AM   #1 (permalink) mardi990 Junior Member   Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 14 My Mood: Question about abbrevations I am new at all this and have a question about some of the abbrevations: MS MSDM MSPL when a coin has the following beside it: TF; 7/8TF (as in 1878 7/8TF) Could someone please enlighten me?   07-01-2009, 10:42 AM   #2 (permalink) 9roswell Senior Member     Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: southeastern,ct Posts: 547 My Mood: MS = mint state MSDM= " deep mirror MSPL= " proof like when a coin has the following beside it: TF; 7/8TF (as in 1878 7/8TF) = tail feathers here's a website (http://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/COINS) Last edited by 9roswell; 07-01-2009 at 10:47 AM.   07-01-2009, 04:19 PM   #3 (permalink) mardi990 Junior Member   Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 14 My Mood: Thank you. Now that I see it in print it makes sense. I appreciate your answer.   07-01-2009, 04:35 PM   #4 (permalink) coinman0456 Coin Collector     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 1,426 Blog Entries: 1 stick around mardi, and listen and ask alot of questions. There is no dumb question!!! WELCOME. __________________   07-01-2009, 09:15 PM   #5 (permalink) PennyGuy Ones and Twos     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jackson MI Posts: 1,334 My Mood: We use a lot of 2, 3, and 4 letter acronyms. I call a 3 letter acronym a TLA. Yup, Three Letter Acronym __________________ ANA - MSNS - EAC - SLCC - NLOC "A penny hit by lightning is worth six cents" Opie Taylor   07-01-2009, 11:59 PM   #6 (permalink) Hobo Numismatist In Training     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 5,027 My Mood: A few more: VAM = a particular variety of Morgan or Peace Dollar identified by a specific die marriage PL = Prooflike FB = full bands (Mercury Dimes) FBL = full bell lines (Franklin Halves) CN = copper-nickel (Flying Eagle Cents & 1859 to mid-1864 Indian Head Cents) CBH = Capped Bust Half SL = Seated Liberty FEC = Flying Eagle Cent IHC = Indian Head Cent WLH = Walking Liberty Half There are many, many more. You can usually figure most of them out if you think about them. __________________ No state shall emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, coin money . . . - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 ANA LM-3799; OHNS LM-59; SUSCC R-4005. All coins stored in bank safe deposit box.   07-03-2009, 10:58 PM   #7 (permalink) green18 ANA# R3129541     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 5,902 My Mood: I've been abbreviated more times than I can remember. Welcome to the forum... __________________ They also serve who only stand and wait....John Milton   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Hi, my name is Candace | Hi to everyone,nice site » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Buy the coin, not the holder - question Razor Coin Chat 14 05-23-2009 09:28 AM I know that this is a stupid question... kdkenn Coin Chat 9 04-11-2009 05:22 AM quick newbie question please :) PrettyShiny Error Coins 5 01-18-2009 04:21 PM Question on selling bills vipergts2 Paper Money 10 08-02-2008 09:24 PM Rant about grading question posts satootoko Coin Chat 11 02-27-2007 03:37 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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