Welcome to Numismatica

This site is dedicated to providing information about numismatics, the study and collecting of coins, paper money, tokens, medals, and other similar objects. Numismatica brings you an extensive selection of numismatic FAQs, glossaries, biographies, news, articles, stories, reviews, trivia, humor, and references.

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• Boycott of U.S. Commemoratives

Numismatica Answers

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  • Coin Collecting
    • by Chuck D'Ambra (off-site)
    • by Mike Cline (off-site)
    
    
  • Paper Money Collecting

• Coin Market Slang

• Project Priceless

Numismatica Features

• Introductions
  • The Pleasure of Coin Collecting (off-site)
  • What You Should Know Before You Buy Rare Coins for Investment (off-site)
  • The CDN's Introduction to Coin Collecting (off-site)
  
  
• Regulars
  • Money Talks
  • The Colonial Newsletter Online
  • Coin Dealer Newsletter Editorials
  • 2-Times Newsletter (off-site)
  
  
• Articles
  • A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of Paper Currency (off-site)
  • The Coins of Gaeta (off-site)
  • From Design to Die (off-site)
  • Colonial Threepence Found with Metal Detector (off-site)
  • The Mercury Dime
  • Collecting Barber Dimes
  • Ancient Coins: Trap or Snare?
  • Hard Times Tokens
  • Coin Hunting with a Metal Detector (off-site)
  • I Am Good Copper
  • Private Silver
  • A Little Rowdy, Eh?
  • Ancient Coins Are What I Collect
  • Latin Coins of the United States
  • Two Fakes That Were Real
  • British Merchant Tokens
  • A Penny Earned
  • Money Without Government and Banks
  • And Now a Word from Our Sponsor
  • Of Owls, Wooden Walls, and Flower Girls
  • How the Mint Was Robbed (off-site)
  • Reappearance of Proof $10 1844-O
  • Currency Features for Visually Impaired People (off-site)
  • On the Origins of Coinage
  • His Other Hobby
  • Electrum Coins
  • ANS Featured in New York Times Article
  • Finnish Currency During the 1918 Civil War (off-site)
  • Colonial Transitions
  • Fund Raisers' Dream Tool--Scrip (off-site)
  • Wellington in Lower Canada (off-site)
  • Coins of the Lycian League
  • Whist for Fish
  
  
• Stories
  • The Adventures of Lloyd and Evalynne
  • Wayne Homren's Mini-Diaries
  • The 1783 Nova Constellatio Set
  • How to Do the ANA Convention
  • Dinner with the Numismatic Literary Guild
  • My Visit to the ANA Money Museum
  • The New Collector's First Coin
  • ANA Atlanta Show
  • Newps Nupes Noops
  • Chicago International Coin Fair
  • Westchester Stamp & Coin Show
  • The National Numismatic Collection
  • Visit to Royal Mint
  • Musee de la Monnaie
  
  
• Reviews
  • What's in a Catalog? (off-site)
  • The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent
  • Major Variety and Oddity Guide
  • Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Proof Coins
  • What Do the Prices in "World Coins" Mean?
  • Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Volume 8
  • Twisted Tails
  
  
• References
  • Dutch Coins (off-site)
  • German Coins (off-site)
  • Irish Coins & Banknotes (off-site)
  • Jersey Coins & Banknotes (off-site)
  • Polish Coins & Banknotes (off-site)
  • Russian Coins (off-site)
  • Slovak Coins & Banknotes (off-site)
  • U.S. Coins (off-site)
    
    
  • GNN/Koblas Currency Converter (off-site)
  • Currencies of the World (off-site)
  • Roman Mint Marks (off-site)
  • English Mint Marks (off-site)
  • Chronology of Events in the History of Canadian Coins (off-site)
  
  
• Trivia
  • Money Quotes
  • Hawaii Five-O & The Streets of San Francisco
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  
  
• Humor
  • What Is the Numismatists Theme Song?
  • Traveling Salesman Joke
  • Why Coins Are Better Than Lizards
  • Dedicated to All Coin Collectors' Wives
  • I Want My Two Dollars! (off-site)

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