Hobbies and Pastimes

Coin Collecting

numismatics: noo-miz-MAT-iks

Also Known As Numismatics (strictly, the study of currency)

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Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas. "Coin Collecting." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/coin-collecting.

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Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas. (n.d.). Coin Collecting. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/coin-collecting

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@misc{home,craftsandhobbiesatlas-coin-collecting,
  author = {Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas},
  title = {Coin Collecting},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/coin-collecting},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Collecting coins, tokens and paper money for their history, artistry and rarity. Called the hobby of kings for its Renaissance royal collectors, it is now a hobby of everyone with a change jar: circulating sets, error coins, ancient bronzes and bullion each anchor their own branch of the pursuit.

Facts

Hobby Class

Collecting 1

Origin

Coin collecting as a scholarly pursuit is traditionally traced to the Italian Renaissance, with Petrarch commonly named its first great collector 1

Sources

1. Coin Collecting (Wikipedia)

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