Abbreviations

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Abbreviations

Ad
Anniv
Attrib
Bio
Biblio
Bldg(s)
Bus
c. ca
Cat
Co
CoF
Col
Commem
(d/i)

Des
Ed
Engr
Expo
Fl
FM
FPL
HoF
Illeg
Illus
Inst
MAco
Mss {unpub}
NC
n.d.
<ni
<ni>
Obv
Oct
Orig
P, pp
Passim
PNC
Port
Px
q.v.
Ref
Replac
Res
Rev
Sim
SL
Soc
SoM
Unnam
Var
W&H
w/o
[<1]

(1),(2),(3), etc.


[1/6]
[group1/12]
[set50]
†

Advertisement
Anniversary
Attributed
Biography
Bibliography
Building(s)
Business
Circa
Catalog(ue)
Company
Circle of Friends of the Medallion
Collection (i.e. a public collection)
Commemorative
Dates of issue (of award medals, followed by first to last year observed)
Designer
Edition
Engraver
Exposition
Flourished
Franklin Mint
Fixed Price List
Hall of Fame
Illegible
Illustrated
Institute
Medallic Art Company
Unpublished manuscript(s)
Noncollectible
No date
Not indexed before this entry (of items)
Not indexed between adjacent entires
Obverse
Octagon, octagonal
Original
Page, pages
In numerous locations
Philatelic-numismatic cover
Portrait
Periodical not listed in this work’s bibliography
Which see
Reference(s)
Replacement
Resource
Reverse
Similar
Sales Literature, Sales Leaflet
Society
Society of Medalists
Unnamed
Variety
Whitehead & Hoag
Without
Number greater than one, more than one specimen in the collection
Sequence numbers.  Bold face for medal series, light face for nonseries (such as an unnumbered list in an article or book)
One of a grouped lot of six
One of a group of 12 larger series
Full set of 50
Subject has died

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Auction House Codes

B&M
BMP

CAL
J&J
NAS
PCA
STK
WMR

Bowers and Marena Inc
Bowers and Marena Inc & Presidential Coin & Antique (joint auction)
Collectors Auctions Limited
Johnson & Jensen
NASCA (R.M. Smythe & Co)
Presidential Coin & Antique
Stack’s or Stack’s-Bowers
William M. Rosenblum / Rare Coins