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
Julius Friedländer (numismatist) he was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. From his literary remains Rudolf Weil published "Repertorium zur Antiken Numismatik", a supplement to Théodore Edme Mionnet's "Description des Médailles Antiques", Berlin, 1885. Besides numerous papers in numismatic journals, he wrote: Julius Friedländer (numismatist) Eduard Julius Theodor Julius Friedländer (June 25, 1813 – April 4, 1884) was a German numismatist. He was born on June 25, 1813 in Berlin. Friedländer's entire family embraced Protestant Christianity in 1820. After studying at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and traveling in Italy (1838–1839), he obtained a position at the "Königliche Sammlung