Crossword clues for numismatic
numismatic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Numismatic \Nu`mis*mat"ic\, Numismatical \Nu`mis*mat"ic*al\, a. [L. numisma, nomisma, a piece of money, coin, fr. Gr. ? anything sanctioned by usage, the current coin, fr. ? to introduce a custom, or usage, fr. no`mos a custom, or usage, fr. ne`mein to distribute, assign: cf. F. numismatique. See Nomad.] Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1765, "pertaining to historical coins and coinage," from French numismatique (late 16c.), from Latin numismat-, stem of numisma "coin, currency," from Greek nomisma "current coin, money, usage," literally "what has been sanctioned by custom or usage," from nomizein "have in use, adopt a custom," from nomos "custom, law, usage," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot" (see nemesis). Related: Numismatical (1716). Earlier in the same sense was nummary (1650s), from Latin nummarius, from nummus "a coin."
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins. 2 Of or pertaining to numismatics.
Usage examples of "numismatic".
American Numismatic Society, located some four miles north of me at Broadway and 156th Street.
Now our coin is a frosty proof, but aside from that it looks like any Liberty Head Nickel, hardly an extraordinary item from the standpoint of numismatic design.
For, as anyone who reads numismatic literature knows, no nickels whatsoever with that date on have values of over 25 cents.
Hatch stared at the compact mass of goldin itself a small numismatic fortunea strange tingling began at the base of his spine.
Birka, and in that case it represents an isolated development in Swedish numismatic history.
A gun was pressed against my spine while the other two went through my papers: driving licence, membership card of the British Numismatic Association, representative's card for Mendoza S.