Coin Variety Terms

This list contains the glossary of the different variety abbreviations. Most of the abbreviations are followed by number, letter or symbol of what the abbreviation is. Example: F4 means Far 4 in date.

  • BB = Bare Belly Beaver
  • BL = Blunder
  • Bl = Blunt
  • BR or BRN = Brown
  • BS = Broken Stem
  • Cr = Curved
  • DD = Double Die
  • DP = Die Punch
  • F = Far
  • FV = Full Vine
  • H = Hooked
  • HR = High Relief
  • Inv = Invert
  • L = Large
  • LB = Large Bead
  • LD = Large Date or could mean Large Dentille
  • LL = Large Leafs
  • LR = Large Rosebud or could mean Low Relief
  • ML = Maple Leaf
  • N = Narrow
  • NF = New Foundland
  • NSF = No Shoulder Fold
  • OC = Open "C"
  • PE = Plain Edge
  • PT = Pointed
  • RD = Red
  • RD/BR = Red-Brown
  • RP = Repounched
  • S = Short
  • SB = Small Beads
  • SD = Small Date or could mena Small Dentille
  • SL = Small Leaves
  • SM = Small Date
  • SF = Shoulder Fold
  • SR = Small Rosebud
  • T = Tall
  • W = Wide
  • WL = Wide Low
  • XWL = Extra Wide Line