Coin terms I really hate

So true. I once put together a set of Barber half's in VG 10. That was a real challenge that took years.

 

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I think we're talking about different things. The "nickel silver" that I see in eBay listings, and that I imagine @Rushmore had in mind, has no silver at all.

 

I tend to spend a lot of halfs, and never understood when cashiers ask if it is a "half quarter."

 

America hasn’t used bits in a couple hundred years!

 

Lamination

A totally incorrect term for that type of error. It's actually exactly opposite of the error which is a de-lamination.

 

"Improperly Cleaned." Oh, OK. But I thought I actually did a good job...

 

“+ grades” and “star grades” used by the TPGs nowadays

It seems that US coins are now judged based on how many + grades, stars, and CAC stickers they receive.

 

Correct

 

Yeah, sounds like a sandwich.

Bruce

 

Common

 

Awesome.
There is a small dealer in NZ who tries to sell really soiled and crappy banknotes at inflated prices and invariable describes them as awesome

 

“Better date” coins. A term I often see used by dealers to describe coins that are slightly scarcer than common date, generic type coins. Yet these “better date” coins are still much more common than semi-key date, key date, and unique rarities. Some people like to describe “better date” coins as “sleepers” or “underrated.”

“Rare coin” dealers. Truly rare coins contribute to only a small fraction of a typical dealer’s inventory. By “rare” I mean something with a survival rate of 100 extant examples or less. Most likely, your typical local coin shop doesn’t have any rare coins. Coin shops calling themselves “Billy Bob’s Rare Coins” kinda gives the wrong impression to the average person that all antique coins are rare. The average person probably thinks their moderately circulated, improperly cleaned Morgan dollar is worth a fortune if they sell it to the “rare coin” dealer down the street. I think the term “antique coin dealer” or “vintage coin dealer” sounds better than “rare coin dealer.” Maybe “Billy Bob’s Rare Coins” should be renamed “Billy Bob’s Vintage Coins & Bullion.”

 

B.U.
No longer used as much....but what the heck....A.U. ok understood its almost UNC.
But BU.... Brilliant Unc. The coins are either Unc.= meaning MS coins or next grade AU almost unc.
BU sound like they were run though a car wash...
If your trying to say the coins have great luster ok understood ...but BU to me = PU.

 

"Booby Head"

Nah, I take it back, I actually kinda like that one.

 

"First strike"

 

I admit term useage doesn't bother me that much due to I have already a fairly long list of things that irritate me. The term "better date" does throw up some warnings for me as well as one other. The term "brilliant uncirculated" can also raise a few flags for me. If the BU coin is so great why wasn't it sent in to be slabbed and then be worth a lot more?

What i dislike the most are all the different types of slab labels these days.

 

"What kind of error is this?"

 

Okay, another thing that bothers me is on ebay some sellers get carried away with "estate find". I never look at anything they have.

 

I always thought a cow chewed their cud. Didn’t know it was also something on the rim of a coin until I was an adult.

 

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