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FROM WORDSMITH.ORG: NUMMARYHoward A. Daniel III writes that a non-numismatist friend sent the following definition to him: "nummary (NUM-uh-ree) adjective. Pertaining to coins or money. [From Latin nummarius, from nummus (coin).] "`Originally the nummary Denomination of Silver,' observed William Douglass, a physician who commented on economic affairs, seems to have been the same as its Weight ...'" Elizabeth E Dunn, `Grasping at the Shadow': The Massachusetts Currency Debate, The New England Quarterly (Boston), Mar 1998." The definition came from the Word A Day email from http://wordsmith.org which we've cited before in The E-Sylum. He notes that the web site also has a dictionary "which appears to be VERY extensive." Howard found this site to be very interesting and that it would be very useful to him and might be to other NBS members too. [Interesting word, but as a numismatic bibliophile, I'm even more interested in the mentioned citation. A web search found a number of references to the Dunn article, but unfortunately the text seems to be unavailable, even on the New England Quarterly web site (see http://www.newenglandquarterly.org/) Has anyone read the article, or have access to the journal? I'll see if offprints or back issues are available from the publisher. -Editor]Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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