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NUMISMATOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
Synonyms:
coin collecting; coin collection; numismatics; numismatology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("numismatology" is a kind of...):
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)
Derivation:
numismatologist (a collector and student of money (and coins in particular))