coin collection
- noun
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colección de monedas
- His passion for history is reflected in his extensive coin collection, which includes coins from ancient civilizations.
Examples
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It's your coin collection!
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You want to see my coin collection?
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He spent years building his impressive coin collection filled with rare and valuable pieces.
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Every Sunday, she visits the local market to search for new additions to her coin collection.
Synonyms
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3.1
A hobby of keeping and studying coins and paper money
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The study or collection of coins, paper money, and medals
A study and collection of coins, paper money, and medals
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a group of coins gathered and kept' is directly derived from combining 'coin' (small metal currency) with 'collection' (an assembled set), so the overall concept is fully compositional. This noun–noun combination follows common cross-linguistic patterns for naming sets or hobbies, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The noun coin collection comes from the simple picture of keeping special coins in boxes or albums to look at and study. Because people did this for fun and learning, the phrase now means the 'hobby' of finding, saving, and studying coins.