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Numismatics

LC control no.sh 85093255
LC classificationCJ1 CJ6661
Topical headingNumismatics
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See alsosubdivision Numismatics under names of individual persons
Auxiliary sciences of history
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Scope noteHere are entered works on coins, medals, tokens, paper money, etc., collectively.
Found inWork cat.: Villalobos Acosta, C. Arqueología en circulación, 2020: p. 4 of cover (the author analyzes in detail national products of mass circulation, among them the iconography imprinted on coins, bank notes, and postage stamps)
American heritage dictionary of the English language, 2016, via WWW viewed May 23, 2022 (numismatics, n.: The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals)
Merriam-Webster, via WWW, viewed May 23, 2022 (numismatics, noun: the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) [example] An area of numismatics that has increased in popularity and value is paper money.-- Quoc Nguyen)
Oxford English dictionary, via WWW, viewed May 23, 2022 (numismatics, n.: The study of coins, medals, and (occasionally) banknotes, esp. from an archaeological or historical perspective. Also: the collection of these as artefacts)