Talk:Numismatics

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I don't really know anything about numismatics, so I don't feel comfortable editting. From the introduction and the first section, I get the impression that it has to do with the physical representations of money. If that's the case, I would change "study of money" in the definition, to "study of currency". Brock

1 Monies studied by numismatists
2 Market value of rare coins
3 I NEED A LESSON ON KRUGERRANDS
4 Greek name
5 Userbox

[edit] Monies studied by numismatists

'Early money used by primitive people is referred to as "Odd and Curious", but the use of other goods in barter exchange is excluded, even where used as a circulating currency (e.g. prison cigarettes). '

I find this sentence odd and curious. Brock 06:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Market value of rare coins

It seems to me that this section is inappropriate under the topic of Numismatics as Numismatics is truly the study of coins and has nothing really to do with coin investment and the coin market per se. Most of the numismatic research going on out there has little to do with PCGS Graded Morgan Dollars, etc.

Maybe this should be split off into a different article or a new article in itself. --70.225.45.252 02:09, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Or maybe moved to coin collecting article.--Qwertypoiuy 14:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

It is also relevant only to collectors of coins from the United States - I have tagged it accordingly. Humansdorpie 08:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I NEED A LESSON ON KRUGERRANDS

My father who has passed away 3 years ago owed Krugerrands and sold them before he died, he took great steps in hiding these coins, would this be because any coins he had were from the 70's and 80's, and the law change in the 90's would not effect the older coins?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Starbuckwolf (talk • contribs).