Lost Word Of The Day (34)

With our rapid transformation into a cashless society and the dearth of coins of the realm whether they bear the new King or old Queen’s head, there does not seem to be much call for rupography.

A composite word formed from the Greek rhupos, meaning sealing wax, and the suffix -ography, meaning the science of or technique of, it refers to the art of taking the impression of a coin in sealing wax, the preliminary act of a counterfeiting operation. This is another “profession” that has probably had its day.