A British term equivalent to the American 'exonumia,' referring to coin-like objects that are not official currency — things like tokens, medals, badges, counters, and trade coins.
A British term equivalent to the American 'exonumia,' referring to coin-like objects that are not official currency — things like tokens, medals, badges, counters, and trade coins. Typically used in numismatic and collector circles when cataloguing items adjacent to but distinct from standard coinage. It's a specialist word with very limited everyday usage, primarily appearing in auction catalogues, museum records, and collector publications.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(obsolete, slang) A counterfeit coin.
A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
A rare British coinage for an area dense with pubs — pub country, so to speak. The '-lands' suffix (as in 'heartlands', 'badlands') gives it a mock-geographical feel. Used very rarely and likely coined for specific descriptive or humorous purposes rather than as established slang.
(idiomatic, US) A way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged.
The estate sale included a remarkable collection of paranumismatica, from Victorian trade tokens to commemorative medallions.
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(British) exonumia.
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A plural form of 'mazuma,' an early 20th-century American slang term for money or cash. Typically used in informal, often humorous contexts, it carries a slightly old-fashioned, Runyonesque flavor — the kind of word you'd find in a 1920s gangster film or a Damon Runyon short story. It conveys not just currency but a certain breezy, street-smart attitude about wealth. Largely obsolete today but occasionally revived for comedic or nostalgic effect.