So, I was wondering, are there are Exonumists out there? Chances are that, if you are an exonumist, you didn’t even know there was such a term. I had never heard of the term until I recently stumbled upon it while surfing.
I had heard of people that collected coins and paper currency … haven’t we all? In fact, some of these coins and papers have become quite valuable over the years. But, I never knew that people collected items that were used in place of coins, such as tokens. And, I certainly never realized that there are folks out there that collect credit cards. Of course, I know of a few people that seem to collect credit cards because they continually apply for new ones until their wallets can no longer hold them all. But, for those true collectors, the thrill isn’t in having a credit card with a large credit limit. Rather, the excitement lies in holding different credit cards with unique designs, colors, and pictures on them.
Apparently, collecting credit cards is a growing field within exonumia circles. Serious collectors also wish to add various forms of credit to their collections. This includes the plastic credit cards we are so familiar with today as well as the paper merchant cards of the past and the metal tokens some merchants once accepted as “credit cards.”
In case you didn’t know it, the material used to make credit cards has evolved over the years. First, they were primarily made of celluloid. Then, metal and fiber became the popular choice before that was pushed out of the scene by paper and then, finally, to plastic. The true exonumist will not rest until he or she has at least one sample of each in the collection. Another must-have addition to the collection is the Charga-Plate, which was issued by big name merchants and used in much the same way as the department store cards we use so freely today.
Related Posts:
- History Of Money Didn’t Always Include Plastic - It may be tough to remember, but before there was plastic, we had coins. Interestingly enough, though, even coins weren’t the first...
- Airline Miles And Dollar Coin Hack Officially Stopped - The Presidential One Dollar Coin Act of 2005 was supposed to be something which would help people who fly save money by...
- Loading Up On Frequent Flier Miles With $1 Coins - A number of clever frequent flier miles seekers have taken advantage of a loophole in a law that was intended to get...
- Artist Shredding Credit Cards Delights Crowds At Frieze Art Fair - Among the exciting exhibits to see at the ninth annual Frieze art fair, there’s one exhibit involving the destruction of credit cards....