Pin Trading Acronyms
This is a list of the most commonly used acronyms used in Disney Pin Trading and their full meanings. This list is a work in progress, so it will be updated occasionally.
PTD- Pin Traders Delight
POH- Piece of History
PODM- Piece of Disney Movie
LE- Limited Edition
OE- Open Edition
LR- Limited Release
PP- Pinpics or Pre-production
DPC- Disney Pin Collectors
WTTM- Window To The Magic
AP- Artists Proof
AC- Artists Choice
PTN- Pin Trading Night
PTE-Pin Trading Event
DL- Disneyland
WDW- Walt Disney World
DLP- Disneyland Paris
DLHK- Disneyland Hong Kong
TDL- Tokyo Disneyland
DCA- Disney California Adventure
WDI- Walt Disney Imagineering
DSF- Disney Soda Fountain
DSS- Disney Studio Store
DA- Disney Auctions
DCL- Disney Cruise Line
DTD- Downtown Disney (at WDW)
HTF- Hard to Find
VHTF- Very Hard to Find
NFT- Not For Trade
NFS-Not For Sale
OBO- Or Best Offer
FTO- For Trade Only
FSO- For Sale Only
ISO- In Search Of
HM- Haunted Mansion and occassionally used as Hidden Mickey
BATB- Beauty and the Beast
LM- Little Mermaid
NBC- Nightmare Before Christmas
Scrapper: A Scrapper is an original Disney pin that did not pass inspection and somehow made it out of the factory and into the trading community. These pins have flaws that make them just plain old ugly but they are infant authentic Disney pins.
Fake: A fake pin is a pin made by using real pins as molds or samples to re-fabricate it. Despite what others may say there are ways to tell a real/scrapper from a fake pin; texture and weight for example are key when looking for a fake. You can also look for quality and the base of the post, Disney uses a thicker and heavier metal that help with identifying fakes. (These fake pins are getting better and better each year making it harder to tell the difference.
Sharks: A shark is a Trader that up-sales his/hers pins to inexperience traders so they end up with the better deal. For example Trader A tells Trader B his Rapunzel Paris crest rack pin is hard and is worth an LE pin when it's a global shared rack pin.
Flipper: A flipper is a re-seller that goes to releases and sell the pins to make a profit. These people often get called sharks when in fact they are just flipping re-sellers