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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1382916, member: 11521&quot;]I&#039;ll see if I can explain it to you. </p><p><br /></p><p>In coin grading there are two words that start with &#039;P&#039; that are used to describe a coin&#039;s condition: Poor and Proof. (Yes, &#039;Proof&#039; is a method of manufacture, not a grade, but when grading a Proof coin it should be described as a Proof coin.) </p><p><br /></p><p>ANA abbreviates Poor as &#039;PR&#039; (<b>P</b>oo<b>R</b>). Because PR was already taken they chose to abbreviate Proof as &quot;PF&#039; (<b>P</b>roo<b>F</b>). (Notice the &#039;r&#039; has not been removed from the word &#039;Proof&#039;.) </p><p><br /></p><p>I had nothing to do with the abbreviations. (ANA did not contact me when they were writing their Grading Standards.) If you disagree with the above abbreviations I would suggest that you contact the ANA.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT</p><p><br /></p><p>The abbreviations of some states may at first appear awkward or unusual but were necessary because the name of other states started with the same letter or letters. </p><p><br /></p><p>Examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>Maine is abbreviated ME (<b>M</b>ain<b>E</b>) and Maryland is abbreviated MD (<b>M</b>arylan<b>D</b>) because Massachusetts got MA (<b>MA</b>ssachusetts). </p><p><br /></p><p>Missouri is abbreviated MO (<b>M</b>iss<b>O</b>uri) and Mississippi is abbreviated MS (<b>M</b>i<b>S</b>sissippi) because Michigan got MI (<b>MI</b>chigan). </p><p><br /></p><p>Montana is abbreviated MT (<b>M</b>on<b>T</b>ana) because Missouri got MO (<b>M</b>iss<b>O</b>uri). </p><p><br /></p><p>Alaska is abbreviated AK (<b>A</b>las<b>K</b>a) because Alabama got AL (<b>AL</b>abama). </p><p><br /></p><p>Arizona is abbreviated AZ (<b>A</b>ri<b>Z</b>ona) because Arkansas got AR (<b>AR</b>kansas). </p><p><br /></p><p>There may be other examples but I think those are enough to make the point that sometimes abbreviations cannot be what you may think is obvious because of circumstances.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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