bonistics

English

Etymology

From Russian бонистики (bonistiki).

Noun

bonistics (uncountable)

1. (very rare) The study and collecting of paper money and banknotes

   Synonym: notaphily

   • 2009 April, A.V. Sokolov, “The epistemology of documents (A methodological essay)”, in Automatic documentation and mathematical linguistics, volume 43, number 2:

     A number of particular theories were formed, which were dedicated to different types of nonliterary (and sometimes nonwritten) documents: diplomatics, numismatics, sphragistics, emblematics, heraldry, paleography, and bonistics.

   • 2016, Ramil Imanov, “Methods and Issues of Cultural Property Smuggling Combat on the Railway Transport”, in Customs Scientific Journal, volume 6, number 1:

     They include: 1. The Certificate and attached documents: 1.1 a list of cultural properties being exported; 1.2 a photograph with size 13x18 cm (except for numismatic items, bonistics, philately and faleristics which do not require the photos) accomplished according to the requirements, specified in paragraphs 2.1, 3.4, 3.5 ...

   • 2017, Petin Dmitriy, “Emission of Money Surrogates By Soviet Authorites in Kiakhta in Summer 1918”, in Tomsk State University Journal of History, number 47:

     This money, since the 1920s, is well-known by experts in bonistics.

Usage notes

Compare with numismatics, the study of coinage.

References

• “bonistics”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• biscotins