The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 13, March 28, 2004, Article 15

OED DEFINITION OF NUMISMATOLOGY

  Bill Murray writes: "The term numismatology has had some
  recent mention in The E-Sylum, and I thought the following
  taken from the Oxford English Dictionary might be of interest.

  "Numismatology ... The science of numismatics ... 1815
  Southey in Q. Rev. XXII, 519, 'At a very early age Barre
  had found a taste for numismatology' ... 1839 Gent''l Mag,
  Sep, 316, 'The General turned his attention to numismatology'
  ... 1856 Smith, Roman Fam. Coins, 276, 'The numismatology
  of Europe has been so bitterly degraded.'  "

  Presumably all you erudite perusers of The E-Sylum will be
  familiar with the quoted sources and in all likelihood have
  them on shelves within reach."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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