A Hoard, An Accumulation, A Collection [rant]

I use the Oxford English Dictionary:





But "Hoard" in the context of money isn't solely in the realm of the English speaking world it is also used in the American speaking world in regards to numismatics.



Given your view there are a huge number of numismatic articles that would need to be rewritten and have 'Hoard' replaced with "Cache":

One example:The article " Longuet's Salonica Hoard re-examined" Published in American Numismatic Society Museum notes number 29.


In numismatics( academic) the term properly and usually used is "Hoard" not "Cache"

Further examples famous coins hoards include:

The Stepney Hoard
The Exeter Hoard

And I for one won't be rushing off to tell David Bowers that the title of one of the books he edited is wrong:

http://www.amazon.com/American-Trea...p/094316169X

Nor likewise the American Numismatic Society:

http://www.amazon.com/Coin-hoards-A...=coin+hoards.


As I had said it was a minor point but if you want to insist that people use the right terms, then use the right terms.

Mattewvincent and Sap, those are pretty keen analyses. I will add, that we all know (or some anyways) that there are rarely straight cuts in life, or plain black and white explanations, so with that mode of thought, there are the hybrid realms of collection and collector. I would classify myself as a collector/accumulator with a dash of hoarding. For instance, I'm specifically "collecting" SLQ's and WLH's. I have a "collection" of LWC'c in a book by date and mint, as well as a hoard of LWC's in a huge wine jug. I accumulate ASE's and 64 and previous silver. There are several more examples, but you get the idea. Of course, it took awhile for me to narrow down something I wanted to actually collect as opposed to accumulate. Like anything, with more experience and knowledge comes more refinement and method - it's part of the learning curve.