The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 27, July 3, 2005, Article 14

HOW TO MISPRONOUNCE "NUMISMATICS!"

Dick Johnson writes: "Henry Grunthal, a long-time coin
dealer who worked for the American Numismatic Society
his last decades before retiring, had the greatest collection
of "numismatics" misspellings. He had an advantage,
however, in adding to his collection – he just read the
incoming letters from the public at the ANS office and set
aside the envelopes with the best bloopers.

He mentioned this frequently, especially at talks he gave
before coin clubs. His favorite: "Numerastics."

I flog anyone who mispronounces the word in my presence
with a mnemonic device. Think of an attractive young lady
you have never met lying on a rug holding a coin in her hand.
New - Miss - Mat - Ics. Remember that!

And if you can’t remember that mental image replace the
attractive young lady lying on a mat with a new Miss America.
And if THAT doesn’t work replace her with Donald Trump!"

[I once had a similar collection of misspellings of my own last
name from various mailing envelopes: Holmgren was a
fairly common one. I believe Horman, Hommern, and
Hemren were others. I relented and threw them away
when my wife gave me a "God, how dorky is THAT"
look. -Editor]

Alan Roy writes: "I just wanted to add something to the
list of "alternative" spellings of "numismatics." The Royal
Canadian Mint produced this phonecard for a coin
convention, specifically, the American "Numisimatic"
Association Convention in Denver, "Colardo." Here's
a picture: Full Story "

[The picture's caption notes, "Because of two spelling errors,
only a little more than a hundred of these cards were issued."
Affinity credit cards and phone cards for numismatic
associations are an interesting collecting sideline. I was one
of the members who first suggested the ANA produce an
affinity credit card. I still have the first card somewhere. I
believe there were versions produced with images of the
1804 dollar and 1913 Liberty head nickel from the ANA
museum collection. Has anyone ever catalogued them?
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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