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Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 24, 2008
numismatics
oo-miz-MAT-iks; -mis-; nyoo-, noun:
the collection and study of money (and coins in particular).
If [the modern counterfeiter] is satisfied with a so-so product, perhaps hoping to pass it in a crowded fast-food restaurant or in a saloon's dim light, he can download images of genuine bills from the Internet, simply by getting access to the Web site of a numismatics club, then run off his own bills.
-- "Officials Wary of Wave of Computer Counterfeiters", New York Times, March 12, 1998
Numismatics...is, in the main, an auxiliary to the knowledge of the trade and mutual intercourse of the ancients.
-- J. Leitch
Numismatics ultimately derives from the Greek nomos, a custom or convention, which has the derivative nomisma, anything sanctioned by custom, especially the current State coin. It can also refer to the study and collection of medals.
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for numismatics
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Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 24, 2008
numismatics
oo-miz-MAT-iks; -mis-; nyoo-, noun:
the collection and study of money (and coins in particular).
If [the modern counterfeiter] is satisfied with a so-so product, perhaps hoping to pass it in a crowded fast-food restaurant or in a saloon's dim light, he can download images of genuine bills from the Internet, simply by getting access to the Web site of a numismatics club, then run off his own bills.
-- "Officials Wary of Wave of Computer Counterfeiters", New York Times, March 12, 1998
Numismatics...is, in the main, an auxiliary to the knowledge of the trade and mutual intercourse of the ancients.
-- J. Leitch
Numismatics ultimately derives from the Greek nomos, a custom or convention, which has the derivative nomisma, anything sanctioned by custom, especially the current State coin. It can also refer to the study and collection of medals.
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for numismatics
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numismatics
1829, "study of coins," from numismatic (adj.) "of coins," borrowed 1792 from French numismatique (1579), from Latin numisma (gen. numismatis) "coin, currency," from Greek nomisma "current coin," lit. "what has been sanctioned by custom or usage," from nomizein "have in use, adopt a custom," from nomos "custom, law, usage," from PIE base *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot"
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