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Coolest numismatic word?
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The scholarly study of coins and the long history of both the subject and the hobby itself has given us a rich, umm, lexicon. What's your favorite coin collecting term or word? Some of my favs:
Janvier
Scyphate
Galvano
Piefort
Nomisma
Trime
Scyphate is a real close second to my all time favorite: electrum
Got a favorite of your own?
Beat this! A Byzantine electrum histamenon nomisma (scyphate), 1071-1078 AD:
Janvier
Scyphate
Galvano
Piefort
Nomisma
Trime
Scyphate is a real close second to my all time favorite: electrum
Got a favorite of your own?
Beat this! A Byzantine electrum histamenon nomisma (scyphate), 1071-1078 AD:
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame
--Severian the Lame
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
(Destined for my hat, when I finish paying for it).
I always thought "histamenon nomisma" sounded like an uncomfortable medical condition.
I like the sound of "argentum", personally.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Verdigris sounds sophisticated but I don't think anyone wants it.
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-Daniel
-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
<< <i>You gonna put that one in a holder when you put it on your hat MV? >>
What, and look like an idiot?
No... wait a sec... I already look like an idiot when I'm wearing that hat, according to at least one source.
But nope, no pesky plastic in my way. I did have a holey coin in an ANACS net-grade slab once- for giggles, I put a hole through the plastic and hung it on the Holey Coin Vest.
But it looked too goofy, so I cracked it out and rehung it on there raw.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
Most of the coins are smaller (I still don't have any US gold bigger than a $2.50 on there).
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
monster!!
It refers to the leftover metal after striking a batch of coins.
BARBER!
Dave
Feuchtwanger
exergue
lunule
and a 'twofer'...
two pale gules
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>Sorry guys, but you can't beat:
Feuchtwanger
That is a cool one!
Neo..
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>This is a great idea for a thread. I am going to go with disme. Its the old spelling that I find interesting. Could never figure out why there is an 's' in it. >>
Semper ubi sub ubi
Rainbow Stars
Vietnam Vet 69-70 - Semper Fi
Bourse is sort of cool--makes it sound sort of 'upper-crust' and official. (when it's really a bunch of us scrounging around to fill our want lists and album holes!)
That one lets ya mind run wild aye?
PURPLE!
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I believe this is why when you see a description of $5 and $2.5 gold Indians, you frequently see mention of the designer--Bela Lyon Pratt. People just like to say his name.
If the word "denticle" doesn't bring to mind someone using a toothpick, I don't know what does.
Now Augustus St. Gaudens... there's an impressive name. Except I still don't know how to pronounce it.
<< <i> This is a great idea for a thread. I am going to go with disme. Its the old spelling that I find interesting. Could never figure out why there is an 's' in it. >>
Probably the same reason somebody decided the word "island" should contain an s... to confuse the hell out of little kids.
planchet - (coin blank prior to striking)
splasher - (a die strike into a sheet of soft metal, often lead)
uniface - (as in "uniface die trial" - a one sided strike)
exonumia - (coin-related things other than coins, e.g. medals)
novodel - basically a backdated fantasy restrike, like the 1804 dollar
engrailed - 1 : indented with small concave curves, as "an engrailed heraldic bordure"
2 : made of or bordered by a circle of raised dots, as "an engrailed coin" - think of some 1793 cents ...
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Brockage.
Numismatic.
Mated pair.
Bimetallic.
Standing liberty.
Blanking.