Numismatic definitions
Like most fields of expertise, numismatics has its own lingo. Find the numismatic definition of a term by entering it in the field below.
Wire Money
Primitive currency of the Maldive Islands in the form of lengths of silver wire known as lari, from which the modern currency unit laree is derived. The term was also applied to English coins of the eighteenth century in which the numerals of value were exceptionally thin, resembling wire.