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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1813164, member: 112&quot;]If you look up the definition of the word, they are the same thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>nu·mis·ma·tist&nbsp; [noo-miz-muh-tist, -mis-, nyoo-] </p><p>noun</p><p>1.</p><p>a specialist in numismatics.</p><p>2.</p><p>a person who collects numismatic items, especially coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>noun</p><p>a person who studies or collects coins, medals, etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do understand your point though, perhaps better than most. I have not owned or collected a single coin in 7 years. But my study of them has only increased in that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course if you ask the forum you won&#039;t even be able to get a consensus on who is or who is not a coin collector. Example, is the person who pulls state quarters from his change and throws them all in a jar, or into one those maps, a coin collector ? I sure wouldn&#039;t say he is, but a whole lot of people do, including the US Mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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