Money and silver resources and terminology

andyhenry (44)in #money • 7 years ago

There is some great viewing already in these peoples channels and many of them post regular video updates and can keep you very well informed about the dynamics affecting silver investments.

One of the hardest things a person getting into silver and coin investing has to face is learning the language that people on the market speak.

There are a lot of acronyms that may not be understandable for someone who's brand new.

That is why I created a list for you that will get you through the first and most important abbreviations.
Again, this list is by no means comprehensive and there are many more things that should be added to it, but I did not want to overwhelm you with the amount of information.

What you have before you is more than enough for you to get started.

If you know this, you'll be able to talk to people in the silver market easily and you will learn what other things mean from them as you interact with them.

Here's your list:

3CN U.S. Three Cent Nickel produced from 1865 to 1889.
ABT About.
ACG ACcu-Grade. Grading service. Controversial at present, because the assigned grades seem to be inflated relative to standard services like PCGS and NGC.
AG About Good. Grade.
AGW Actual Gold Weight
ANA American Numismatic Association. Collector and dealer organization.
ANACS (originally) American Numismatic Association Certification Service. Grading service. It has since been sold to a company independent of the ANA.
ASE American Silver Eagle. A one-ounce silver bullion coin, issued 1986-date.
ASW Actual Silver Weight
AT Artificial Toning.
AU About Uncirculated. Grade.
B# (B1-B10) Browning number (1925). Die variety - Bust Quarters, 1796-1838.
B# (B1-B23) Bolender number (1950, 1998). Die variety - Silver Dollars, 1794-1803.
BB# (BB1-BBn) Bowers and Borckardt number (1993). Die variety - Silver Dollars, 1794-1804 and later.
BG# Breen and Gillio number (1983). Die variety - California private gold, 1852-1882.
BIN Buy It Now.
BN Brown. Color grade for uncirculated copper coins (BN, RB, or RD).
BU Brilliant Uncirculated. Vague Grade.
BV Bullion Value. The value of the coin is closely related to its metallic content (usually silver or gold).
C# Cohen number (1982) for US Half Cents or Craig number for world coins
CMM# Cohen, Munson, Munde number
COA Certificate of Authenticity.
CSDG California Small Denomination Gold.
DC (DCAM) Deep Cameo. High grade proof.
DDO Doubled Die Obverse. Type of die variety.
DDR Doubled Die Reverse. Type of die variety.
DMPL Deep Mirror Proof Like. Business strike, with
deep mirrored planchet.
EAC Early American Coppers, Inc. Collector and
dealer organization.
EF (XF) Extra-Fine Grade.
F Fine Grade.
F.A.O. The Food and Agriculture Organization Coins were issued by member countries where a % of coin profits were given to the F.A.O.
FB Full Bands.
FBL Full Bell Lines.
FE Flying Eagle (cent).
FH Full Head.
FR# Robert Friedberg's numbering for world gold coins and British issues.
FS# (FS1-FS?) Fivaz and Stanton number
FS Full Steps.
FSB Full Split Bands.
G Good.
ICGS Independent Coin Grading Service. Grading service.
IHC Indian Head Cent. US cent coin.
J# (J1-J1778) Judd number (1959-77). Pattern or experimental coin.
JR# (JR1-JR13) John Reich number (Davis, et al, 1984). Die variety - Bust Dimes, 1794-1837.
KM# (KM1-KM) Krause and Mishler number. From Standard Catalog of World Coins.
LM# (LM1-LM18) Logan-McCloskey number (1998). Die variety - Bust Half Dimes, 1792-1837.
MM Mint Mark
MS Mint State. (Uncirculated, business strike). Grade.
N# (N1-N17) Newcomb number (1944). Die variety - Large Cents, 1816-1868.
N# (N1-N105) Newman number (1952). Die variety - Fugio Cents, 1787.
NGC Numismatic Guarantee Corporation. Grading service.
NCLT Non-Circulating Legal Tender
OGP Original Government Packaging.
OMM Over MintMark. Two different mintmarks involved. (versus RPM, which is the same mintmark punched more than once).
OMS Off-Metal Strike
P# Major Fred Pridmore's numbering for British colonial coinage.
PCGS Professional Coin Grading Service. Grading service.
PCI Photo-certified Coin Institute. Grading service.
PL Proof Like. Business strike, with mirrored planchet.
PNG Professional Numismatists Guild. Dealer organization.
PQ Premium Quality. Sometimes part of the sealed slab grade, such as a MS64 PQ (not quite good enough for MS65). Often it is just a hype adjective like "Choice" or "Select".
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride. An ingredient of soft plastic "flip" coin holders which will damage coins over time.
R# (R1-R8) Rarity scale. R1 most common; R8 least common.
RB Red-Brown. Color grade for uncirculated copper coins (BN, RB, or RD).
RD Red. Color grade for uncirculated copper coins (BN, RB, or RD).
RIC Roman Imperial Coinage.
RNS Royal Numismatic Society. Collector and dealer organization.
RPC Roman Provincial Coinage.
RPD RePunched Date. Type of die variety.
RPM RePunched Mintmark. Type of die variety.
RSC Roman Silver Coinage.
S# (S1-S295) Sheldon number (1949). Die variety - Large Cents
S# (S1-S9) Snow number (1992). Die variety - Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents, 1856-1909.
SBA Susan B. Anthony (dollar). US coin, 1979-1981,1999.
SEGS Sovereign Entities Grading Service. Grading service.
SLQ Standing Liberty Quarter. US coin, 1916-1930.
SMS Special Mint Set
SP Specimen. Better than business strike, but not quite a proof.
SQ Statehood Quarters.
TPG Third Party Grading
UC (UCAM) Ultra Cameo. High grade proof.
UNC Uncirculated. Grade.
VG Very Good.Grade.
V# (V1-V10) Valentine number
VAM# (VAM1-VAM230) Van Allen and Mallis number
WL Walking Liberty (half dollar). US coin, 1916-1947.
XF (EF) Extra-Fine Grade.
Y# R.S. Yeoman numbering for world coins.
YN Young numismatic