numismatics
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- noun
- /njuːˈmɪz.mə.tɪks/
- Specialized
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numismática
- As a student of history, he found numismatics to be a fascinating way to explore the past.
- ancient numismatics
Examples
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Individuals tended to concentrate their collecting and hone their expertise in one or several particular areas: botany, zoology or mineralogy, numismatics, prints, paintings, etc.
Academic text (1993) -
He joined the local club to learn more about numismatics and expand his coin collection.
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Antiquarians might have associated it with ancient Roman numismatics.
Academic text (2012) -
Maybe he was just trying to control the Kabul museum into letting him take a peek at their numismatic collection.
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The internet has surely been one of the major factors in the changing of numismatics in the last decade, and no one has capitalized on the new web-based technologies more than Heritage.
Blog text (33) -
Thus, the original academic interest in, for example, philology, numismatics, and the pyramids was soon translated into the military and political colonization of vast areas in the East.
Academic text (1998) -
He studies them in Numismatics Society catalogues, at antique fairs, and coin collectors' shops.
Fiction book (2000) -
Nonetheless, they had lots more, and when they opened the vaults, I believe in 1962, everybody went bananas, and the collector fever began. The Morgan dollar has always led the way in numismatics as the most sought-after coin for the past 50 years.
Blog text (13) -
Writing in The Celator, a journal of ancient numismatics, Molnar argued that this coin was struck to commemorate the conjunction of Jupiter with Mercury that occurred in A.D. 106.
Academic text (1995) -
Her passion for numismatics inspired her to visit flea markets in search of rare currency.
Synonyms
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A hobby of keeping and studying coins and paper money
A study and collection of coins, paper money, and medals
Collecting coins as a hobby to study or enjoy them
How Serious
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
numismatics = numismatic (opaque) = numismat + ic + s
The word is formed from a Greek combining form ('numismat-') plus derivational endings; the root is not a recognizable English word, so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning from component parts.
Etymology
Numismatics comes from the Greek word nomisma, which means 'coin', and that word is tied to nomos, 'custom' or 'law'. Because a coin has value only when people agree to use it, numismatics is the study or collecting of coins and money.