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NUMISMATOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does numismatology mean?
• NUMISMATOLOGY (noun)
The noun NUMISMATOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
Familiarity information: NUMISMATOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
coin collecting; coin collection; numismatics; numismatology
Hypernyms ("numismatology" is a kind of...):
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)
Derivation:
numismatologist (a collector and student of money (and coins in particular))
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