EXONUMIA Definition & Meaning

exonumia

[ ek-suh-noo-mee-uh, -nyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

items, as tokens or medals, that resemble money but are not intended to circulate as money.

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First recorded in 1965–70; exo- + num(ismatic) + -ia

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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

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Even spellcheck, as I write, is stumped by exonumia, which are items that resemble money but are not meant to circulate as money.

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