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AGW |
- Actual Gold Weight (coins, Miscellaneous - the amount of pure gold in a coin or bar)
- American Glass Works (collectibles, Bottles and Glass/pottery and glass, By Manufacturer or Mark/pottery and glass, Beginning with A - multiple glass companies have had this name - Pittsburgh, PA - 1866-1905, Richmond, VA - 1908-1925, and Paden City, WV - 1918-c.1935)
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- Avalon Hill (toys, Games/toys, Board Games/toys, Miniatures and War/toys, Store Chains and Manufacturers - a publisher of wargames and strategic board games. It is now a division of WOTC, which is a subsidiary of Hasbro. See [ www.avalonhill.com
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- Attack Helicopter (toys, Radio Controlled/toys, Planes and Helicopters/collectibles, Militaria/collectibles, Helicopters/collectibles, Transportation/collectibles, Aviation - a prefix code for the Apache and Cobra helicopters)
- Auxiliary Hospital (collectibles, Militaria/collectibles, Boats and Ships - a classification prefix code for U.S. Navy ships)
- Ancient Hearts (toys, Trading Card Games/toys, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle - the second expansion to VTES)
- Anno Hegirae (coins, Miscellaneous - a date period/system for dating Arabic coins)
- Anchor Hocking (pottery and glass, By Manufacturer or Mark/pottery and glass, Beginning with A - a manufacturer of glass products, see [ www.anchorhocking.com ])
- Ampere-Hour (home and garden, Tools/home and garden, Power Tools/other, Units of Measure - a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs)
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BC |
- Buoyancy [Control/Compensator/Compensation] (sports, Scuba and Snorkeling - a piece of diving equipment worn by divers to provide emergency buoyancy underwater and on the surface, and to adjust and control the overall buoyancy of the diver and equipment so the diver can achieve neutral buoyancy, remain at a constant depth, or to ascend/decend in a controlled way. See also BCD)
- Booster Chronicle (toys, Trading Card Games/toys, Yu-Gi-Oh/toys, Boosters and Booster Sets/collectibles, Trading Cards/collectibles, Yu-Gi-Oh/collectibles, Boosters and Booster Sets - a card prefix code)
- Bike Computer (sports, Cycling - a device used to monitor bike functions, such as speed and distance traveled)
- Before Christ (coins, Miscellaneous/antiques, Miscellaneous/other, Time Periods - as in '332 B.C.')
- British Columbia (collectibles, Postcards - the westernmost Canadian province)
- Bernardo Chavez (music, Musical Instruments/music, Guitars and String Instruments/music, Models and Series/music, BC Rich - referring to 'BC Rich' guitars)
- Book Club (books, By Edition - a book published and sold through a book club, see also BCE)
- Breast Collar (sports, Equestrian - a western style breastplate)
- Bernard Council (health and beauty, Over-the-Counter - initials of the developers last names - Germain Bernard and C.T. Council. Referring to 'BC Powder', an over-the-counter analgesic pain reliever)
- British Colonies (stamps, By Area or Country/stamps, Great Britian - refers to the stamps issued by the countries relating to the British Commonwealth)
- Back Cover (other, General Locations - usually used in descriptions for books)
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BM |
- Boston & Maine (toys, Trains/toys, Railways Cars Locomotives/toys, Beginning with B - an 1836-1983 railroad company that operated in the northern New England region of the United States)
- Beast Machines (toys, Action Figures/toys, Transformers - Transformers from the 1999 to 2000 animated television series)
- Branch Mint (coins, Miscellaneous - used to indicate which branch a coin was struck in. 'BM' usually follows a mint city designation, like 1879-O BM and 1893-CC BM.)
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BV |
- [Book/Beckett] Value (sports, Sports Cards/sports, Cards Miscellaneous/collectibles, Miscellaneous/coins, Miscellaneous - Book: the average of many dealers' retail prices for a certain coin, Beckett: the value of a sports card as determined by BGS)
- Bullion Value (coins, Bullion - coin value related to its metallic content)
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CN |
- Canadian National (toys, Trains/toys, Railways Cars Locomotives/toys, Beginning with C/collectibles, Transportation/collectibles, Railways Cars Locomotives/collectibles, Beginning with C - a railroad company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. See also CNR.)
- Copper Nickel (coins, Miscellaneous - a metal used in making coins)
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COA |
- Certificate Of Authenticity (collectibles, Miscellaneous/sports, Miscellaneous/coins, Miscellaneous/entertainment memorabilia, Miscellaneous - a seal or small sticker - sometimes on a special card - on a proprietary computer program, t-shirt, jersey, or any other memorabilia item. It is designed to demonstrate that the item is authentic.)
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DOI |
- Date Of Issue (coins, Miscellaneous)
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DPG |
- Dogg Pound Gangstaz (music, Music and Records/music, By Record Label/music, Beginning with D - a music record label founded by Daz Dillinger, see [ www.dpgrecordz.com ])
- Daily Price Guide (coins, Miscellaneous - referring to the Coin Universe Daily Price Guide)
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DT |
- Drahtwerke Trefileries (sports, Cycling - referring to 'DT Swiss', a Switzerland-based manufacturer of bicycle components. See [ www.dtswiss.com ])
- Diamond Turf (clothing, Shoes/clothing, Lines and Series - a shoe series by Nike)
- Dives To ® (sports, Fishing/sports, Lures - a prefix code for Rapala ® lures)
- Date (coins, Miscellaneous)
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FV |
- Face Value (stamps, Miscellaneous/coins, Miscellaneous/paper money, Miscellaneous - the value printed/depicted on a coin, banknote, or postage stamp)
- Final Value (other, Payment and Shipping/other, Fee Related - the price at which an item sells for at the end of an auction, see also FVF)
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GPA |
- Grade Point Average (coins, Miscellaneous - refers to the Grade Point Average of a PCGS Set Registry set)
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HH |
- Half Hard (jewelry, Miscellaneous - a type of wire used in making jewelry that has a hardness of 2)
- Humbucker-Humbucker (music, Musical Instruments/music, Guitars and String Instruments/music, Parts and Accessories/music, Pickups - a type of guitar pickup configuration)
- Hand Hammered (music, Musical Instruments/music, Percussion - a line of cymbals by Sabian)
- Heavily Hinged (stamps, Gum Conditions and Grades/stamps, Beginning with H - a stamp that has been hinged two or more times and show evidence of extensive gum disturbance from the process, see also HHR)
- Happy Holidays (dolls and bears, Lines and Series - a series of Barbie dolls dressed in holiday themed gowns)
- Holly Hobbie (dolls and bears, Lines and Series - a 1974 line of rag dolls by Knickerbocker Toys)
- Hand Held (consumer electronics, Miscellaneous - a device small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands)
- Hot Head (sports, Fishing/sports, Lures/other, Color Designations - a color code for Rapala ® lures)
- Heads Heads (coins, Miscellaneous - the heads side of a coin is facing out both ends of a roll of coins)
- Hot Hubs (toys, Diecast Vehicles/toys, Hot Wheels - a Hot Wheels wheel type from 1995
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HT |
- Hyper Threading (computers and networking, Components/computers and networking, CPUs - a technology used in some Intel CPU's to improve parallelization of computations)
- High Trajectory (sports, Golf Gear/sports, TaylorMade/sports, Callaway - a type of golf club that is used to launch the ball at a higher angle resulting in high-flying shots that stay in the air longer for greater distance)
- Handi-Talkie ™ (business and industrial, Industrial Supply/business and industrial, Commercial Radios - a portable two-way radio/walkie-talkie series by Motorola)
- Hot Tiger (sports, Fishing/sports, Lures/other, Color Designations - a color code for Rapala ® lures)
- Heads Tails (coins, Miscellaneous - the heads side of a coin is facing out one end of the roll and the tails side of another coin is facing out the other end)
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KGV |
- King George V (stamps, By Area or Country/stamps, Great Britian - refers to KGV era stamps depicting the King, 1910 to 1936/coins, Miscellaneous/paper money, By Currency Type - notes depicting King George V, see also KG V)
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