Editing Numismatics (section)

===Modern===
[[File:Two 20kr gold coins.png|thumb|right|Two 20 kr [[gold]] coins from the [[Scandinavian Monetary Union]]]]
Modern numismatics is the study of the coins of the mid-17th century onward, the period of machine-struck coins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collectibles |url=http://www.mainecollectibles.com/Collectibles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914063749/http://www.mainecollectibles.com/Collectibles/ |archive-date=September 14, 2013 |access-date=June 13, 2013 |publisher=Maritime International}}</ref> Their study serves more the need of collectors than historians, and it is more often successfully pursued by amateur aficionados than by professional scholars. The focus of modern numismatics frequently lies in the research of production and use of money in historical contexts using mint or other records in order to determine the relative rarity of the coins they study. Varieties, [[mint-made errors]], the results of progressive die wear, mintage figures, and even the sociopolitical context of coin mintings are also matters of interest.