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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:02:53 -0500
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exonumia (ek-suh-NOO-mee-uh, -NYOO-) noun
Objects that resemble money but do not circulate as coin or paper money.
For example, tokens, coupons, medal, etc.
[From New Latin exo- (outside) + num (as in numismatic: related to currency).]
"Objects such as savings bonds, gas-ration coupons and meat- and
butter-ration coupons are indeed collectible. ... I have seen coin
dealers, primarily at shows, handle exonumia on these and other
subjects."
Don Alpert; Bond's Value Higher With Dec. 7 Stamp; The Los Angeles Times;
Aug 11, 1988.
"While Canada and other countries have occasionally struck wooden currency,
wooden money is `considered distinctly an American contribution to
exonumia' -- objects that resemble money but are not for circulation as
money."
Theresa Humphrey; They Take Wooden Nickels; The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland);
Jan 27, 1993.
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http://wordsmith.org/words/exonumia.ram
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