Numismatist Numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin "numismatis", genitive of "numisma"). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers and scholars who use coins in object-based research. Although the term numismatics was first coined in English in 1829, people had been collecting and studying coins long before this, all over the world. The first group chiefly derive pleasure from the simple ownership of monetary devices and studying these coins as private amateur scholars. In the classical field amateur collector studies have achieved quite remarkable progress in the field. Examples are Walter Breen, a well-known example of a
Collect Prayer, the "Collect of the Day" is followed by a "Collect for Peace" and a "Collect for Grace". At Evening Prayer the "Collect of the Day" is followed by a "Collect for Peace" which differs from the version used at Morning Prayer, and a "Collect for Aid against Perils", which starts with the well known phrase; "Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night...". At Holy Communion, the "Collect of the Day" is followed by a reading from the Epistles. In more modern Anglican versions