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/ nuˈmɪz mə tɪst, -ˈmɪs-, nyu- /
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  3. Numismatic News
  4. Numismatic Coin Values Blue Book
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Numismatic

noun

Numismatics Define

A specialist in numismatics. A person who collects numismatic items, especially coins. This article is a collection of numismatic and coin collecting terms with concise explanation for the beginner or professional. Numismatics (ancient Greek: νομισματική, meaning 'monetary') is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms. While numismatists are often characterized as studying coins, the discipline also includes the study of banknotes, stock.

a person who collects numismatic items, especially coins.

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Numismatics Coins

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Origin ofnumismatist

1790–1800; <Latin numismat- (stem of numisma) coin + -ist

Words nearby numismatist

numina, numinous, numis., numismatic, numismatics, numismatist, nummary, nummular, nummulite, nummulitic limestone, numnah
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for numismatist

  • His face was beaming like that of an enthusiastic numismatist who stumbles upon a rare Commodus or an authentic Domitian.

  • Folkes was a great numismatist, and seems to have been a generous, pleasant man.

  • Each drawer had a lock and a small plate which bore a letter and a number, not unlike the cabinet of a numismatist.

  • First of all on the left there is Domenico Sestini, a celebrated numismatist, whose bust was carved by Pozzetti.

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  • As is well-known, Victor Emanuel is considered—and rightly so—an exceedingly capable numismatist.

British Dictionary definitions fornumismatist

numismatologist (njuːˌmɪzməˈtɒlədʒɪst)

noun

a person who studies or collects coins, medals, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Brasher doubloon sets record at auction: $9.36 millionNumismatic

Numismatic News

A 1787 Brasher doubloon set a record for any U.S. gold coin when it realized $9.36 million in Heritage Auctions Jan. 21 auction. The coin is of the EB on Wing variant. This is a breaking news story. Coin World will have more on this story later. Full Story

Mint officials were aware of the 2014-D mule dollar

The news of a recently discovered pairing of a Sacagawea dollar obverse and Presidential dollar reverse from the Denver Mint was not news to the U.S. Mint, who knew of the coin's existence. Full Story

Mint provides new details about 2021 silver dollar centennial coins

The silver dollars marking the centennial of the transition from the Morgan dollar to the Peace dollar will include at least six different coins, with two designs and three mints involved. Full Story

Legislation calls for medal for Capitol police officer

A Capitol police officer could be receiving a congressional gold medal for his work on January 6, 2021, protecting the Capitol and its occupants from marauding rioters. Full Story

South Carolina 2021 American Innovation dollars are available

Bags and rolls of South Carolina's 2021 American Innovation dollars produced at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints are now being sold at the U.S. Mint's website. Full Story

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