NUMISMATOGRAPHY Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 44, November 3, 2002, Article 6
NUMISMATOGRAPHY
In the past we've discussed a number of different words
coined over the years to describe numismatics and
numismatists. One word I've seen only once is
"numismatography". It appears in the title of a scarce
pamphlet by Edward V. Wallace: "A Numismatography
of the Lincoln Head Cent". The publication date is not
listed, but seems likely to be after 1950 based on the text.
The CONECA library catalog (on the ANA web site)
puts the publication date at 1954-55, and describes it
as a Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine offprint.An internet search uncovered this definition from the 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
"Numismatography (Nu*mis`ma*tog"ra*phy) n. [L.
numisma, -atis (Gr. ) + -graphy.] A treatise on, or description
of, coins and medals."The search also uncovered this in The Catholic Encyclopedia:
"... a distinction should be made between numismatography,
which is chiefly descriptive, and numismatology, which views
the coin from its artistic, economic and cultural side."
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11152a.htmCuriously, the word also appears on a web site "dedicated to
the Proposition that Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare", noting
that "every occurrence of any of these words in any text should
be considered one of Francis Bacon's signatures." The list of
716 words also included numismatics, numismatist,
numismatists, numismatologist and numismatology.
http://shakespeareauthorship.com/bacauto.html- 2002-11-03
- 5