Exonumia

physical coin-like object used instead of coins

prepaid-stored-value money card

collecting of coins or other forms of minted legal tender

right|thumb|Bracteate Alu (runic)#DR BR42|DR BR42 bearing the inscription Alu and a figure on a horse

sheets of paper burnt as offerings in various Asian religious practices

small discs used in lieu of currency in casinos

thumb|Alaskan parchment scrip of the [[Russian-American Company (1 ruble), from between 1826 and 1858]]

thumb|Commemorative medal for the [[Battle of White Mountain with portrait of Emperor Ferdinand II by Giovanni Pietro de Pomis]] A medalist (or medallist) is an artist who designs medals, plaquettes, badges, metal medallions, coins and similar small works in relief in metal. Historically, medalists were typically also involved in producing their designs, and were usually either sculptors or goldsmiths by background. In modern times, medalists are mostly primarily sculptors of larger works, but in the past the number of medals and coins produced were sufficient to support specialists who spent

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thumb|Contorniate of Sallust A contorniate, or contourniate (UK pronunciation: ), is a type of ancient Roman medal or medallion of bronze issued in the fourth and fifth centuries CE, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge, as if the object had been turned in a lathe. The extant contorniates show portraits of various earlier emperors (especially Nero and Trajan) or of cultural figures such as Homer, Solon, Euclid, Pythagoras, Socrates, Sallust, Apollonius Tyaneus, and Apuleius, as well as athletes, whose victories are symbolized by palm leaves and chariots, either bigae or quadrigae. The

thumb|Assorted exonumia, including a poker chip and an [[elongated coin]]

convex-concave gold disc found in Pomerania 1841

thumb|A 2004 USA Geocoin

form of joss paper printed to resemble bank notes

official currency of the Principality of Sealand

proposed alternative to money

flattened, embossed coin used as a souvenir token

Gold bullion medallions minted 1980–1984

coin or medallion bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem

sculpture by Pisanello

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fabricator

metal coin once used by Reformed churches to grant admission to the Lord's Supper