| ITEMS NAMING SCHEME | ||||||||
| CC # cat (;date(s)) ¦ denomination (;(mint or press)) ¦ (material) specs ¦ (reference(s) (;infos) | ||||||||
| ¦ CC:=two-letter Country Code defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 | ||||||||
| ¦ cat:=(author-/region-id(.))(region-/author-id(.))cat-nr.(mint- or press-id)(:-/ sub-cat- or specimen-nr.) | ||||||||
| ¦ date:=year((-)mm((-)dd)) defined by ISO 8601 and/or (/ end date or A.nno) | ||||||||
| ¦ specs:=((water mark nr.));(control nr.;)(weight;)(shape;) size(W x H mm) or diameter(*T>2 mm) | ||||||||
| materials (based on IUPAC definitions) | ||||||||
| Au: | Gold=Or (Aurum) | Ag: | Silver=Silber (Argent·um) | |||||
| Pt: | Platinum | Pd: | Palladium | |||||
| Cu: | Copper=Kupfer=Cuivre (Cuprum) | Al: | Aluminum | |||||
| Rh: | Rhodium | Ti: | Titanium | |||||
| Mg: | Magnesium | Nb: | Niobium | |||||
| Cr: | Chromium | Fe: | Iron=Eisen (Fer·rum) | |||||
| Pb: | Lead=Blei=Plomb (Plumbum) | Sn: | Tin=Zinn=Étain (Stannum) | |||||
| Bi: | Bismuth=Bismut=Wismut(h) | Ta: | Tantalum | |||||
| Ni: | Nickel | Sb: | Antimony=Antimon (Stibium) | |||||
| Zn: | Zinc | Mn: | Manganese=Mangan | |||||
| BZ: | Bronze (Cu88-95Sn12-5) | BR: | Brass=Messing=Laiton (Cu66-90Zn34-10) | |||||
| BL: | Billon (CuAg) | AZ: | Aluminium bronze (CuAl) | |||||
| NG: | Nordic gold (Cu89Al5Zn5Sn) | CN: | Cupronickel=Kupfernickel (Cu70-95Ni30-5[Fe]) | |||||
| NB: | Nickel Brass (Cu70-81Zn24-10Ni6-9) | NZ: | Nickel silver=Neusilber (Cu45-65Ni25-10Zn20-25) | |||||
| MZ: | Manganese Bronze (Cu77Zn12Mn7Ni4) | CAN: | Copper Nickel Alumin(i)um (Cu92Al6Ni2) | |||||
| EL: | Electrum=Elektron (AgAu) | ST: | Steel=Stahl=Acier (FeC) | |||||
| PW: | Pewter=Hartzinn (ZnSbCu[Pb]) | WM: | White metal=Weißmetall | |||||
| GM: | Gun metal=Rotguss | AE: | Copper Alloys (aes) ¦ (aez) ⇒ BZ ¦ BR | |||||
| xx[yy]: | xx clad¦plated yy | (●) ¦ (◾) | coin with centered hole (circle¦square) | |||||
| BF: | BR[Fe]=BR clad¦plated Fe | NF: | Ni[Fe]=Ni clad¦plated Fe | |||||
| Ni(BR): | Ni ring with BR center | (Au)Ag: | Au insert on Ag coin | |||||
| FR: | fiber ¦ fibre=Faser | VC: | Vulcanite=Ebonite | |||||
| CL: | Celluloid=Zelluloid | PL: | Plastic=Kunststoff | |||||
| BC: | Clay=Ton=Argile | PZ: | Porcelain·e=Porzellan | |||||
| LN: | Lin·en=Flachsfaser (Leinen) | SH: | Sheepskin=Lammfell | |||||
| WL: | Suede=Veloursleder (Wildleder) | LE: | Leather=glattes Leder=Cuir | |||||
| SI: | Silk=Seide=Soie | VL: | Velvet=Samt=Velours | |||||
| WD: | Wood=Holz=Bois | PW: | Plywood=Sperrholz=Contreplaqué | |||||
| PR: | Paper=Papier ⇒ default | PA: | Paper board=Pappe=Papier Cartonné | |||||
| LP: | Laid paper=Büttenpapier | Txx: | timbre-monnaie: xx = bu(ilding), fi(gure), nu(mber) or sy(mbol) | |||||
| list of geometric shapes (based on K. Smith definitions) (sharp or slightly round corners by default) | ||||||||
| Rd. [c¦s] | ◯ Round,Circle ⇒ default for coins, tokens etc. | Ov ¦ OV | ⬭ ¦ ⬯ Oval,Ellipse | |||||
| Tr. | △ Triangle [r] 🛆 | Dd. [h¦r] | ◊ Diamond,Rhombus | |||||
| Tp | ⏢ Trapezoid | Pl | ▱ Parallelogram | |||||
| Ob ¦ OB | ▭ ¦ ▯ Oblong,Rectangle ⇒ papermoney default | Sq. | ☐ Square [r] ▢ [c¦l¦s] 4C 4L 4S | |||||
| Pe. [l] | 5 Pentagon=5 sides | Hx. [p¦r] | 6 Hexagon=6 sides | |||||
| Hp. [r] | 7 Heptagon,Septagon=7 sides | Oc. [c¦r] | 8 Octagon=8 sides | |||||
| Nn. [r] | 9 Nonagon,Enneagon=9 sides | Dc. [r] | 10 Decagon=10 sides | |||||
| Hd. [r] | 11 Hendecagon=11 sides | Do. [c¦r] | 12 Dodecagon=12 sides | |||||
| Pg. [r] | 15 Pentadecagon=15 sides | Hg. [c] | 16 Hexadecagon=16 sides | |||||
| Dt. [c] | 32 Dotriacontagon=32 sides | ..p | .. as number of spokes | |||||
| ..r | .. with rounded corners | ..l | .. with large cut out or clipped corners | |||||
| ..n | .. with cut out corners | ..s | .. with scrolled sides | |||||
| ..c | .. with curved sides or scalloped | ..h | .. with leveled top and bottom cut outs | |||||
| color codes (based on ISO IEC 60757) | ||||||||
| code(s) | example | color name | color no. | code(s) | example | color name | color no. | |
| ·GL | ▐████▌ | goLd,doré | ·SI | ▐████▌ | Silver,argenté | |||
| 0·BK | ▐████▌ | blacK,noir | RAL 9005 | 1·BW | ▐████▌ | broWn,brun | RAL 8003 | |
| 2·RD | ▐████▌ | Red,rouge | RAL 3000 | 3·OG | ▐████▌ | Orange | RAL 2003 | |
| 4·YE | ▐████▌ | yellow,Jaune | RAL 1021 | 5·GN | ▐████▌ | greeN,vert | RAL 6018 | |
| 6·BU | ▐████▌ | blUe,bleu | RAL 5015 | 7·VT | ▐████▌ | Violet(t) | RAL 4005 | |
| 8·GY | ▐████▌ | greY,gris | RAL 7000 | 9·WH | ▐████▌ | white,blanC | RAL 1013 | |
| ·PI | ▐████▌ | Pink,rose | RAL 3015 | ·TQ | ▐████▌ | turQuoise | RAL 6027 | |
| ·TA | ▐████▌ | tAn | ·OL | ▐████▌ | olIv(e) | |||
| 2-letter code | 1-letter code | ·MC | Multicolor | |||||