WHAT ARE WE, ANYWAY? 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 52, December 7, 2003, Article 25
WHAT ARE WE, ANYWAY?
Peter Koch writes: "This may have been covered somewhere
along the line, but for the life of me, I simply cannot find it.
What do we call ourselves? Those that study and collect
coins are numismatists; what are those who study and collect
numismatic literature, and likely to may or may not collect
coins also?If 'Bibliomaniacs' is the choice, it was a term I recall that did
not sit well with many collectors. Of course, 'Bibliophile' seems
to make the most frequent appearance.I thought I saw somewhere the derivative use of the words
Numismatic and Literature. Numis-Lit-Matist? Numis-Lit-Mist?
Numis-Lit-eratti? Any thoughts?? My genuine thanks for any
suggestions."[One who loves books is a "bibliophile"; coin book lovers are
"numismatic bibliophiles". The term "bibliomaniac" is related,
and I take it to mean one who takes bibliophilic urges to
extremes. Perhaps some of our readers will chime in with
their current thoughts on the topic. I hadn't heard these other
terms before. I do like "numisliterati" ! -Editor]- 2003-12-07
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