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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 178594, member: 2100&quot;]I would consider a strict definition of coin collecting to only include government issued coins. I consider myself to be an exonumia collector, but if engaged in conversation with someone not familiar with the hobby, I may just call it coin collecting so that terms are within their understanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, other areas are closely related, and I do not see a problem with tasks involving some of those other areas, at least in a rather general sense. The requirements involving actual coins should be more in depth. If there is a paper money collecting merit badge, or token collecting merit badge, then by all means separate those types of things unto their own merit badge. If there are no such similar badges, I see no problem in making the coin collecting badge a bit well rounded with closely related topics.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was in school to learn engineering, I was required to take some English classes that involved poetry. That seemed pretty useless as far as I was concerned, and not at all likely for me to ever use on the job, but supposedly it provided me a more well rounded education. I think that most areas of training will have at least one or two points that are somewhat &quot;off topic&quot;, and they may often serve to provide a different perspective regarding the main topic, so the main purpose may be served, even through an indirect channel.</p><p><br /></p><p>The definition of a coin is not necessarily clear-cut. When I looked up definitions of a coin on the internet, a coin has attributes such as being metallic, with a distinctive stamp, a fixed value, issued by governments as money, etc. Offhand, in the states, state issued tax tokens seem to also possess those exact same attributes, yet they are called tokens. Also in the states, there were two periods of time where tokens circulated widely among the populace and commonly accepted as money - during the mid 1830s to early 1840s (Hard Times tokens) and 1861-1865 (Civil War tokens &amp; encased postage stamps). Government issued &quot;coins&quot; were not being circulated much during those times, and the privately issued tokens filled that gap so that commerce could continue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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