I personally enjoy Benedetto Pistrucci's Waterloo Medal (1816-1849). That's right. It took him over 30 years to complete the dies for this rare medal (actually an electrotype, since the dies were too large to prepare for the purpose of striking medals). Of course many years were wasted on political issues, but Pistrucci was the epitome of perfectionism.
<< <i>"Numismatics is the study of coins. Exonumismatics is the study of tokens, medals, etc. There is a difference."
A quick peek at my Merriam-Webster and Oxford Collegiate dictionaries, plus a visit to Google, produces the following randomly selected definitions for "numismatics":
Numismatics: The study of coins & medals.
Numismatics is generally defined as the collecting of coins, commemorative or military medals and, more recently, the collecting of currency notes.
the study and collecting of things that are used as money, including coins, tokens, paper bills, and medals.
Area of study relating to coins, medals, or similar items.
The discipline, science, study and/or collection of coins, tokens, medals, banknotes, instruments of exchange and other similar objects.
The art and science relating to the study of coins, tokens, medals, paper money and similar objects.
(used with a sing. verb) The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.
nu•mis•matic adjective 1. of coins, medals, or tokens
Apparently many 'numismatists' would disagree with you.
If you look up "numismatics" on Google, you will get 2,780,000 hits, most of which define numismatics as including tokens and medals. However, if you look up "exonumismatics" on Google, you get a total of two hits. Evidently "exonumismatics" is not a widely used term.
Irregardless of the above, the OP began a harmless post about "impressive numismatic items", and several others responded, in the true spirit of the post, with beautiful coins and medals. Why must you rain on their parade with this inane semantic argument? If you cannot contribute something positive to the discussion, why comment at all? >>
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Another awesome Pius IX
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What in the hell is that!? It has the Pan Pac $1 dolphins on it! >>
bumping the dolphin SLQ post
I am curious how he came up with putting the three stars like that.
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What in the hell is that!? It has the Pan Pac $1 dolphins on it! >>
bumping the dolphin SLQ post
I am curious how he came up with putting the three stars like that. >>
is that a pattern?
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<< <i>"Numismatics is the study of coins. Exonumismatics is the study of tokens, medals, etc. There is a difference."
A quick peek at my Merriam-Webster and Oxford Collegiate dictionaries, plus a visit to Google, produces the following randomly selected definitions for "numismatics":
Numismatics: The study of coins & medals.
Numismatics is generally defined as the collecting of coins, commemorative or military medals and, more recently, the collecting of currency notes.
the study and collecting of things that are used as money, including coins, tokens, paper bills, and medals.
Area of study relating to coins, medals, or similar items.
The discipline, science, study and/or collection of coins, tokens, medals, banknotes, instruments of exchange and other similar objects.
The art and science relating to the study of coins, tokens, medals, paper money and similar objects.
(used with a sing. verb) The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.
nu•mis•matic adjective
1. of coins, medals, or tokens
Apparently many 'numismatists' would disagree with you.
If you look up "numismatics" on Google, you will get 2,780,000 hits, most of which define numismatics as including tokens and medals. However, if you look up "exonumismatics" on Google, you get a total of two hits. Evidently "exonumismatics" is not a widely used term.
Irregardless of the above, the OP began a harmless post about "impressive numismatic items", and several others responded, in the true spirit of the post, with beautiful coins and medals. Why must you rain on their parade with this inane semantic argument? If you cannot contribute something positive to the discussion, why comment at all? >>
Good research!
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Very cool! Missed the thread the first time around.