numismatists
Currency collection enthusiasts
Numismatists are people who study or collect coins, paper money, and related objects like medals and tokens.
The pursuit ranges from casual coin collecting to scholarly research on monetary history.
Numismatists gathered at the convention to examine rare coins.
Metal money units
- currencyMedium of exchange
- medalsAwards for achievement
- tokensCurrency substitutes
- banknotesPaper currency notes
specimens · rarities · hoards · acquisitions · portfolios · cabinets · albums · holders
Organized groups of people
- clubsHeavy striking sticks
- associationsMental or organizational links
- ANSInvoluntary function controller
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
meetings · journals · publications · forums · collectors · hobbyists · enthusiasts · scholars
Assigning marks to work
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
appraisal · provenance · pedigree · varieties · minting · striking · condition · preservation
Seekers of old artifacts
- archaeologistsScientists studying past cultures
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
- hoardsHidden valuable caches
- excavationsSystematic unearthing of buried things
provenance · ancient · medieval · colonial · imperial · monarchs · empires · dynasties
coins
Metal money units
banknotes · specimens · rarities · hoards · acquisitions · portfolios · cabinets · albums · holders · slabs
societies
Organized groups of people
- clubsHeavy striking sticks
- associationsMental or organizational links
- ANSInvoluntary function controller
guilds · meetings · journals · publications · forums · collectors · hobbyists · enthusiasts · scholars · curators
grading
Assigning marks to work
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
valuation · appraisal · provenance · pedigree · varieties · minting · striking · condition · preservation · patina
antiquarians
Seekers of old artifacts
- archaeologistsScientists studying past cultures
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
- hoardsHidden valuable caches
excavations · provenance · ancient · medieval · colonial · imperial · monarchs · empires · dynasties · mints
dealers
Those who sell merchandise
- auctionsCompetitive public sales
- showsPresents or broadcasts
- conventionsAccepted social practices
bourse · lots · bidding · consignment · inventory · pricing · premiums · spreads · wholesale · retail
- collectorscoin collectors, coin collector, stamp collectors, stamp collector, art collector
- numismaticscoin collecting, coin, coinage, coin collections, rare coins
- Roman numismaticsRoman coins, denarius, denarii, as, solidus
- numismatistscoin collectors
- historianshistorian, historians, chronicler, chroniclers, annalist
numismatistsphilatelists
Those who collect stamps
stamp collectors · bibliophiles · art collectors · antiquarians · lepidopterists