Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in numismatics; a student of coins and medals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who studies and/or collects
coins and/orcurrencies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whiz-kid numismatist will give lecture in Carson City today
The iPad and the Numismatist – First Impressions : Coin Collecting News 2010
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"A Good Marriage" is an especially excruciating story of a woman who discovers that her husband of 20 years has maintained a secret identity beyond—and behind—the daily mask he wears as a mild-mannered numismatist.
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Amon Carter was also a numismatist, and he acquired his 1804 silver dollar in 1950.
CLASSIC RARITIES: Adams-Carter 1804 Class III Silver Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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I consider Julian a great numismatist and a friend, but he chose a course of action which we coin dealers KNOW has severe risks.
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At the sale, John Nelson Rowe, III, was the high bidder, acting on behalf of L.R. French, Jr., a Texas numismatist from Midland County, halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso.
CLASSIC RARITIES: Adams-Carter 1804 Class III Silver Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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Worried that his ex-colleagues would resent his work with Roman coins, he was fond of stressing that he was not a numismatist.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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Jack Lee was an admired numismatist, and his passing affected many — quite literally, dozens of numismatists who had known Jack for decades.
All-Time Finest Lincoln Cent Set in Houston Auction : Coin Collecting News 2008
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Whiz-kid numismatist will give lecture in Carson City today
The iPad and the Numismatist – First Impressions : Coin Collecting News 2010
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I'm a big fan of metallic money, been collecting all my life, so please don't dismiss me as some disgruntled nattering numismatist of negativism.
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So, if an ANA-certified numismatist committed an error, you might try including the organization in your claim.
Samuelson vs. Friedman, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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