Currency vs Numismatic - What's the difference?
currency | numismatic |
Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Paper money.
* 1943 , (William Saroyan), , chapter 3,
The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
(obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance
(obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
Of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins.
Of or pertaining to numismatics.
As a noun currency
is money or other items used to facilitate transactions.As an adjective numismatic is
of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins.currency
English
(wikipedia currency)Noun
- Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
- Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
- The jargon’s currency .
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency , and not after intrinsic value. — Francis Bacon.
- The bare name of Englishman too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.