Meanings
- uncountableThe study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.
- uncountableThe study of coins.
- uncountableThe collecting of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.
What! Mr. Joolby, the eminent authority on Greek numismatics? To be sure we've met.
1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London - uncountableThe collecting of coins.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνόμισμα“current coin, custom”
- Late Latinnumisma
- Frenchnumismatique
- Englishnumismatics
From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “current coin, custom”), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to hold or own as a custom, usage, to use customarily, practise, to be used to”), from νόμος (nómos, “usage, custom”), from νέμω (némō, “to keep, hold, watch”).
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Afrikaans numismatiek, muntkunde
- numismatiekstudy of coins
- muntkundestudy of coins
Basque numismatika
- numismatikastudy of coins
Bulgarian нумизматика
- нумизматика (numizmatika)study of coins
Catalan numismàtica
- numismàticastudy of coins
Chinese Mandarin 錢幣學 /钱币学, 貨幣學 /货币学
- 錢幣學 /钱币学 (qiánbìxué)study of coins
- 貨幣學 /货币学 (huòbìxué)study of coins
Czech numismatika, numizmatika
- numismatikastudy of coins
- numizmatikastudy of coins
Dutch muntkunde, numismatiek
- muntkundestudy of coins
- numismatiekstudy of coins
Esperanto numismatiko
- numismatikostudy of coins
Finnish numismatiikka, rahatiede
- numismatiikkastudy of coins
- rahatiedestudy of coins
French numismatique
- numismatiquestudy of coins
German Numismatik, Münzkunde
- Numismatikstudy of coins
- Münzkundestudy of coins
- Münzwissenschaftstudy of coins
Greek νομισματολογία
- νομισματολογία (nomismatología)study of coins
Icelandic myntfræði
- myntfræðistudy of coins
Indonesian numismatika
- numismatikastudy of coins
Italian numismatica
- numismaticastudy of coins
Japanese 貨幣学
- 貨幣学 (kaheigaku)study of coins
Korean 화폐학
- 화폐학 (hwapyehak)study of coins
Latin numismatica
- numismaticastudy of coins
Lithuanian numizmatika
- numizmatikastudy of coins
Persian سکهشناسی
- سکهشناسیstudy of coins
Polish numizmatyka
- numizmatykastudy of coins
Portuguese numismática
- numismáticastudy of coins
Russian нумизма́тика
- нумизма́тика (numizmátika)study of coins
Spanish numismática
- numismáticastudy of coins
Tamil நாணயவியல்
- நாணயவியல் (nāṇayaviyal)study of coins
Turkish nümismatik, meskûkât
- nümismatikstudy of coins
- meskûkâtstudy of coins
Vietnamese hóa tệ học, cổ tệ học
- hóa tệ họcstudy of coins
- cổ tệ họcstudy of coins
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with numismatics
Cite this entry
numismatics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numismatics
“numismatics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numismatics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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