Why aren't "Moderns" called 'Contemporaries'?

braddick

The word, 'modern' makes me think of something from the 50's or 60's. Like, "Modern Rooms" at a sixties style small town motel. Usually if something states it is modern it means it isn't.

If Classic works well for pre(fill-in-the-date) coins then wouldn't coins after that date be better classified as Contemporary Coinage?

I see Teletrade has taken up that term.
I'm surprised it hasn't caught on with others.

RotatedRainbows

I think it has to do with the fact that it is easier to spell Modern then Contemporaries.

nwcs

Because "contemporary bashing" doesn't roll off the tongue well.

cladking

Not only doesn't it fit well with bashing but it's just too dang busy. Lots of syllables.

It would also confuse some numismatic terms already in existence like "contemporary
counterfeit".

The word just means "at the same time" so it's no more descriptive and less accurate.

mdwoods

at the same time

I like it. "at the same time coin bashing".

LanLord

Doesn't contemporary mean or also mean (along with, similar to, same age as) such as "Di' Vinci was one of MichealAngelo's contemporaries".

nwcs

Or we can call modern coins "recent issues"

cladking

It stands up well to your test. "Recent issue bashing" has a nice ring to it.
Some of these coins aren't all that recent though.