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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 — 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… … Investment dictionary
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
