Definition

1. Noun:
   • The hobby or practice of systematically acquiring and assembling coins: This refers to the activity of collecting coins, often with a focus on specific types, periods, or countries.
   • A group of coins assembled by a collector: This refers to the physical set or accumulation of coins that a person has gathered.

Usage

• As a hobby or field of study, "coin collection" is an uncountable noun describing the activity.
• As a physical group of objects, "coin collection" is a countable noun.

Examples

• As an activity/hobby:
  • His main interest is coin collection.
  • Coin collection requires knowledge of history and metallurgy.
• As a physical group:
  • She showed me her impressive coin collection.
  • The museum purchased a rare 19th-century coin collection.

Advanced Usage

• "to have a coin collection": to own an assembled set of coins.
  • My grandfather has a valuable coin collection.
• "to be into coin collection": to be interested in or actively engaged in the hobby.
  • He's been into coin collection since he was a child.

Variants and Related Words

• Numismatics (n): The study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects. (This is a more formal and academic term that encompasses coin collection.)
• Coin collector (n): A person who collects coins.
• Coin collecting (n): The activity of collecting coins; synonymous with "coin collection" when referring to the hobby.

Synonyms

• Numismatics (formal, broader)
• Coin collecting

Antonyms

• There are no direct antonyms, but activities like spending coins or dispersing a collection represent opposite actions.

Related Phrases

• "to start a coin collection": to begin the hobby of collecting coins.
  • I used my pocket money to start a coin collection.
• "to catalog a coin collection": to organize and record details about the coins in a collection.
  • It took her a week to catalog her entire coin collection.

Noun

1. the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
2. a collection of coins