Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science that treats of coins and medals; numismatics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.
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- noun A
treatise on, ordescription of,coins andmedals .
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Furthermore a distinction should be made between numismatography, which is chiefly descriptive, and numismatology, which views the coin from its artistic, economic and cultural side.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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