Numismatics is the study of
A. coins
B. numbers
C. stamps
D. space
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
Numismatics is the study of coins. Numismatics is the study of coins and money, of coins and coin-like objects. The value of coins as historical evidence was understood even in antiquity, but the systematic development of the study of coins as a proper discipline, with a methodology of its own, began only in the late eighteenth century with the work of Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, an Austrian priest whose Doctrina Numorum Veterum (Vienna, 1793-1799) was an attempt to comprehend all of ancient Greek and Roman coinage in the span of eight volumes.Related Questions on Basic General Knowledge
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