What is numismatic

Numismatics

Numismatics is the study and collection of currency that includes coins, tokens, medals, paper currency and other numismatic related objects.  

Notaphily 

Notaphily is a branch of numismatics that deals with the study and collection of paper money (currency) 

Subfields of Numismatics

Exonumia (Collecting "Almost" Coins) 

This is the hobby of collecting coin-like items that aren't real money. Think about it:

• Tokens you use at a gaming arcade or a car wash.

• Medals you win at a sports competition.

• Souvenir coins you buy at a museum or a tourist spot.

• Casino chips.

Basically, if it looks and feels like a coin but you can't use it to buy things at a regular shop, it's part of Exonumia.

Notaphily (Collecting Paper Money) 

Notaphily is the study and collection of paper money.

• Have you ever seen an old ₹100 note that looks very different from the new ones?

• Do you have a dollar bill or a note from another country that a relative gave you?

If you enjoy collecting and learning about these different banknotes from around the world and from different times in history, you're a notaphilist!

Scripophily (Collecting Pieces of Companies) 

This is the hobby of collecting old stock and bond certificates.

Long before computers, if you owned a tiny part of a big company, they gave you a beautiful, official paper certificate to prove it. These certificates often had fancy designs and signatures. Scripophily is the fun of finding and collecting these historical documents that represent a piece of a company's history. It's like collecting financial art!