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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 32, August 12, 2007, Article 7 VOCABULARY ANSWERS: EXONUMIA ADJECTIVES Responding to Ron Abler's question, last week I asked, "In the U.K., the field known in the U.S. as exonumia is paranumismatics. So what are the adjectival forms of these two words?" Jørgen Sømod writes: "exonumia is paranumismatics. I do not like and do not use any of these words. For me, tokens as well as medals and banknotes are all part of numismatics." Martin Purdy writes: "I would say exonumismatic and paranumismatic, respectively. I get 37 hits for exonumismatic on Google, which is low, but then it's quite a specialised field, so that doesn't perturb me too much. One reference is from a site we are familiar with." [... meaning The E-Sylum, of course - see link below. -Editor] UNRECOGNISED STATES NUMISMATIC SOCIETY esylum_v08n12a15.html David Gladfelter writes: "I get away with "exonumic" in articles for our local exo society newsletter, Jerseyana. But, for the definitive answer go to Russell Rulau - 'Exonumia' is Russ's word." Dennis P. Skea writes: "There are also subcategories of exonumia collecting. I collect transportation tokens, so I'm a "Vecturist". Do I practice "Vecturism"? I also collect wooden nickels. I'm a "Lignadenarist". I won't even try on this one. Some "transportation tokens" (good for one ride on a carosel, for example) are wooden nickels. Have some fun with that combination." VOCABULARY QUESTION: EXONUMIA ADJECTIVES esylum_v10n31a09.html Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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