Numismatics

Numismatics
The study of the physical embodiment of various payment media (i.e. currencies). The study of numismatics as it applies to coins, is often in the research of the production and use of the coins to determine their rarity. Numismatics has many subfields, including but not limited to:

  • Notaphily - the study of paper money (i.e. bank notes)
  • Exonumia - the study of coin like items such as medals used in place of currency
  • Scripophily - the study of securities (i.e. stocks and bonds)

Numismatics differs from historical and economic studies of money. Numismatists study the physical attributes of the payment media rather than the use and development.

Numismatics also differs from coin collecting due to the scientific research involved. It could be said that all numismatists are coin collectors, but not all coin collectors are numismatists.


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  • Numismatics — • The science of coins and medals Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Numismatics     Numismatics     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Numismatics — Nu mis*mat ics, n. [Cf. F. numismatique.] The science of coins and medals. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • numismatics — (n.) study of coins, 1829, from NUMISMATIC (Cf. numismatic). Also see ICS (Cf. ics) …   Etymology dictionary

  • numismatics — [no͞o΄miz mat′iks, nyo͞o΄miz mat′iks, no͞o′mis mat′iks, nyo͞o′mis mat′iks] n. [see NUMISMATIC] the study or collection of coins, medals, tokens, paper money, etc. numismatist [no͞o miz′mə tist, nyo͞omiz′mə tist; no͞omis′mə tist, nyo͞omis′mə tist] …   English World dictionary

  • Numismatics — This article is about numismatics as an academic discipline. For collecting, see Coin collecting. Numismatics Terminology …   Wikipedia

  • NUMISMATICS — Interest in Jewish coins arose already in the late Middle Ages, e.g., with maimonides and estori ha parhi . Special studies, however, were carried out only considerably later. For geographical reasons and due to the fact that Jewish coins bear… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • numismatics — noun plural but singular in construction Date: circa 1828 the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (as medals) • numismatist noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • numismatics — /nooh miz mat iks, mis , nyooh /, n. (used with a sing. v.) the study or collecting of coins, medals, paper money, etc. [1820 30; see NUMISMATIC, ICS] * * * …   Universalium

  • numismatics — noun a) The study of coins (or of medals) b) The collecting of coins (or of medals) See Also: numismatist, exonumia …   Wiktionary

  • NUMISMATICS —    the name given to the study and science of coins and medals …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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