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<p>[QUOTE="Farstaff, post: 891954, member: 2344"]"Numismatics (Latin: numisma, nomisma, "coin"; from the Greek: νομίζειν nomízein, "to use according to law") is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and <b>related objects</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Subfields</b> </p><p>Exonumia is the study of coin-like objects such as token coins and <b>medals</b>, and other items used in place of legal currency or for commemoration. This includes elongated coins, encased coins, <b>souvenir medallions</b>, tags, badges, counterstamped coins, wooden nickels, credit cards, and other similar items. It is related to numismatics proper (concerned with coins which have been legal tender), and many coin collectors are also exonumists." </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently they do have value to some numismatists/collectors or there would not be a market for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Farstaff, post: 891954, member: 2344"]"Numismatics (Latin: numisma, nomisma, "coin"; from the Greek: νομίζειν nomízein, "to use according to law") is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and [B]related objects[/B]. [B]Subfields[/B] Exonumia is the study of coin-like objects such as token coins and [B]medals[/B], and other items used in place of legal currency or for commemoration. This includes elongated coins, encased coins, [B]souvenir medallions[/B], tags, badges, counterstamped coins, wooden nickels, credit cards, and other similar items. It is related to numismatics proper (concerned with coins which have been legal tender), and many coin collectors are also exonumists." Apparently they do have value to some numismatists/collectors or there would not be a market for them.[/QUOTE]
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