notaphilistn.
/nəʊˈtafᵻlɪst/, U.S. /noʊˈtɑfələst/ A person who studies notaphily; a collector of banknotes.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > collecting banknotes > person who
notaphilist1970
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > collector
bibliophile1824
antiquist1856
trophy hunter1862
antiquer1906
cartophilist1936
phillumenist1943
deltiologist1959
tegestologist1960
notaphilist1970
ephemerist1976
scripophile1978
scripophilist1979
1970 Daily Tel. 7 Nov. 15/2 A banknote is a notaphilic item and the collector is a notaphilist. (Say it like ‘philatelist’.)
1973 Times 13 Dec. 17/8 Collectors have coined the ugly name notaphilists to describe themselves. About twenty of the highest-denomination notaphilists came to the auction.
1984 Coin Monthly Jan. 91/1 Superstitious notaphilists need not have worried! The thirteenth European Congress of the International Banknote Society was a success.
2000 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Jan. 32 ‘I am a notaphilist,’ booms Brian Turner..which means, as you know, that he ‘spends a lot of present day money collecting banknotes.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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