I Invented 3 Numismatic Vocabulary Terms. What Do You Think?

I am working on a book and I created three new terms that I hope will catch on. You can say I coined them myself!

1. "Collectorate" - All of the people in the world who collect any type of coin or form of currency produced by a government to be used in commerce or as commemorative issues.

2. "Rejectorate" - All of the people in the world whose focus of collecting includes genuine errors and/or die varieties (NOT "varieties"....DIE VARIETIES).

3. "Fauxectorate" (Pronounced "fo-ECK-tor-et") - All of the people in the world who collect counterfeits, altered coins/currency, replicas, and/or fantasy pieces which resemble genuine or unaltered government-minted coins/currency.

These are all plays on the political term "electorate." I do not yet have a term for those who collect medals or tokens.

What do you think? @paddyman98 @Fred Weinberg @Insider @Collecting Nut @physics-fan3.14 @cpm9ball @Seattlite86 @Shrews1994 @Mountain Man @Randy Abercrombie and everyone else

 

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If you google each term, you will see they exist already, so they can't be created, but you certainly can apply them to numismatics area. I was surprised at the last one , but it seems the term is often used in politics recently. If your wish is to confuse most collectors, it might do it. Good writing! , Jim

 

those terms match my definitions already? I searched high and wide. I am also a researcher. I did not find any of those terms matching my numismatic definitions.

I also said I invented 3 "numismatic terms", not new "words."

 

Sorry if I missed your point then. Jim

 

How about Exonumite?

 

Would it not be the "Exnumorate"?

 

His would be a single person who is a part of the Exnumorate. Nice work, both of you.

 

A somewhat narrow definition. There are many coins produced that are not commemorative and are not intended to be used in commerce, including run of the mill proofs. There are also coins that were not produced by a government such as with revolutionary coinage and other non-government monetary authorities.

 

I would consider CSA issuances as "government" as they separated and were accepted by some in the secession areas, and would also include those minted by illegitimate governments. I would also include private mintings made at the behest of a government. All would fall under "government issued."

I will have to reword it to be inclusive to proofs, however and thanks!

 

I just wanted to throw out an idea based on what medals and tokens are which I'm playing off of the word that we use to describe them: Exonumia

 

PS. This group would consists of tokens, badges, counter stamped coins, souvenir medallions, tags, wooden nickels, elongated coins, encased coins, good for tokens, merchant tokens, civil war tokens and other similar items.

 

You're welcome to use a term that I coined in early 2005. I did so out of necessity in order to avoid a deletion of the term (bidding) "idiot" in my text on the NGC forums.

Bidiot

Chris

 

What do you call the idiots on this forum?

 

"Double_Dies"

Chris

 

I don't like any of them. Good luck with your book!

 

Liberate

 

What about "humismatist?" A collector that still has a sense of humor.

 

1. You can fall into overlapping groups. I am a member of all three.

2. A government fraudulently producing another country's coinage would make those coins by default counterfeit coins. If the country did not contract out another nation to mint its coins, and yet another country does it anyways, how can they not be considered counterfeit?

 

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It's just a joke guys. Don't flame.