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Numismatics
The study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.
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piefort
Hobbies; Numismatics
A piece struck on a planchet twice or more the normal thickness. The French spelling used in Europe is piedfort.
union
Hobbies; Numismatics
A proposed United States gold coin worth one hundred dollars. Only one pattern 'half union' is known to exist. Platinum $100 coins are not technically 'unions'.
key coin
Hobbies; Numismatics
A rarer or higher valued coin within a series. As an example, 1923 and 1925 are key coins in the Canadian small cent series.
exergue
Hobbies; Numismatics
A segment of the coin design separated by a line (usually indicating the ground in the design) in which a legend is placed/inscribed.
banker's mark
Hobbies; Numismatics
A small countermark applied to a coin by a bank or a trader indicating that they consider the coin to be genuine and of legal weight. Most often found on ancient and medieval coins, but also on ...
essai, essay
Hobbies; Numismatics
A trial strike, also in currency a strike intended to test the design.
tombac
Hobbies; Numismatics
A type of brass that was used to make Canadian 5 cent coins in 1942 and 1943. There was a shortage of the usual nickel due to World War II. A shortage of copper forced a switch to Chromium plated ...
