Numismatics

Numismatics

The study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

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token

Hobbies; Numismatics

Privately issued piece that has redeemable value for goods or services, but is not an official government coin. An example would be subway tokens.

annealing

Hobbies; Numismatics

Process of heating and cooling metal in order to relieve stresses. This is often done with coin blanks to make the metal less brittle before striking.

fineness

Hobbies; Numismatics

Purity of precious metal content expressed in terms of one thousand parts. 90% is expressed as .900 fine. The purest gold bullion coin is .99999 fine.