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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 226534, member: 4626&quot;]OK... so besides you and the wikipedia article you wrote yourself, your only sources for this term is a single collector plus a 26 year old catalog, of which later versions no longer use the term?&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t sound like support for the idea that is a generally accepted term by very many people.&nbsp; I can name many more well-known numismatist, catalogs, and supported sources that DON&#039;T use the term than those that do without even trying very hard.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an oxymoron anyway, because if something is a coin, then it is not a medal, and vice-versa.&nbsp; If you&#039;re trying to apply the term to coins that are not intended to, and do not, circulate at their face value, there&#039;s already terms in common general use to cover those (NCLT, commemoratives, bullion, etc.)&nbsp; I don&#039;t get the insistence on using a term that&#039;s self-contradictory, misleading, and is not in general use by many in the numismatic community as a whole, and by nobody but you on this forum (not trying to get personal here, but think about it, who else but you on this boards insists on using the term?).&nbsp; I see it&#039;s pointless arguing about it, so won&#039;t bother anymore, but seriously, just at least consider why the use of this term spawns arguments and think whether it&#039;s worth it, when already existing terms that are in common use and most people understand can serve the exact same purpose and convey the exact same meaning (if not more, since they are more precise and less open to interpretation).&nbsp; Just think about it OK?&nbsp; Is it really worth it?</p><p><br /></p><p>That is all, I&#039;ll try to ignore the use of the term as best as I can, unless you or someone else insists on correcting somebody using a different one to describe what you call &quot;medal-coins.&quot;&nbsp; Would be nice if you could meet the people annoyed by the term half-way though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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