MANY of us still don’t know that various other hobbies other than playing sports, reading novels and listening to music exist. Amongst those is the dying hobby of numismatics. Numismatics is the study ...

If you're considering taking up rare coin collecting, it's easy to see why you might be drawn to the hobby. "For over 2,000 years, numismatics — the study of coins, tokens, medals, and paper money — ...

A person who collects and studies coins or paper money is called a numismatist. Though coin collecting dates back to ancient Rome, it wasn’t popular until the Renaissance in the 13th century. It was ...

Back in 1999, Jennifer Scott, now 49, heard on the news that the U.S. Mint was issuing quarters to honor each of the 50 states. She began collecting the quarters, each featuring a design specific to ...

One of Tony Sarto’s favorite coins is out of circulation. That’s because it was minted during the days of the Roman Empire and likely was spent in ancient Greece, he said. Sarto, of Lansing, was in ...

Numismatics is a hobby practised with passion by many.Varsha Sharma has taken her passion to another level, by acquiring a PhD in numismatics. He had a huge collection and in his absence I had to ...

Most of us have been asked that plain straight question: ‘What are your hobbies?’ Your brain scans for something interesting to say to try and make yourself sound more sophisticated. Perhaps you're ...

Clatsop Coin owner Scott McClaine has so many interesting stories to tell about currency, its history, and coin collecting that even people who have never thought twice about coins (except to spend ...

ANANTAPUR: Vaddlapalle Vishnumurthy, a police constable attached to Yadki police station, has been cultivating the hobby of numismatics for the past two decades. He has a rich numismatic collection, ...