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Coin collecting is numismatics, what is paper money collecting?
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Coin collecting is numismatics, what is paper money collecting?
Just can't remember the term. Figured someone here would know it
Just can't remember the term. Figured someone here would know it
Philately will get you nowhere....
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"EX-WIFE-itis"
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
I agree with Andy.
Member ANA, SPMC, SCNA, FUN, CONECA
<< <i>Paper stackin >>
That's one of my exercises... I stack all the legal papers from my divorces. It generally takes me two hours and is a great cardio circuit!
<< <i>Notaphily, which also includes the study and collecting of polymer and similar paper-esque currency. >>
Ah thanks
<< <i>Coin collecting is numismatics, what is paper money collecting? >>
foolish.
<ducks>
Syngraphics is the study and collection of paper money. This branch of numismatics may not be as well known as coin collecting, but it is in fact quite a lively aspect of the greater currency-collecting community, and individual samples of paper money have sometimes fetched high prices at auction due to rarity or unusual circumstances. Several individuals in the numismatics field specialize in syngraphics.
This term was coined in 1974 by Gene Hessler, a specialist in syngraphics. He borrowed the concept from the idea of a syngraph, a contract to pay which is signed by all parties involves. In a sense, paper money is a form of syngraph, a signed contract from the government or issuing authority, as paper money has no inherent value, and in many cases paper money isn't even backed by a precious metals standard anymore, making its worth even more ephemeral.
AL
<< <i>Seems notaphily is a more common term between that and syngraphics >>
syngraphics sounds like a fancy name for a porn collector.
<< <i>Notaphily, which also includes the study and collecting of polymer and similar paper-esque currency. >>
What the good gentleman said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notaphily
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/notaphily
<< <i>Google>
Syngraphics is the study and collection of paper money. This branch of numismatics may not be as well known as coin collecting, but it is in fact quite a lively aspect of the greater currency-collecting community, and individual samples of paper money have sometimes fetched high prices at auction due to rarity or unusual circumstances. Several individuals in the numismatics field specialize in syngraphics.
This term was coined in 1974 by Gene Hessler, a specialist in syngraphics. He borrowed the concept from the idea of a syngraph, a contract to pay which is signed by all parties involves. In a sense, paper money is a form of syngraph, a signed contract from the government or issuing authority, as paper money has no inherent value, and in many cases paper money isn't even backed by a precious metals standard anymore, making its worth even more ephemeral.
AL >>
A term "coined" in 1974 seems like Johnny come lately to the naming party.