National Coin Album Books Forthcoming
Dave Lange writes:

For more information on Dave's upcoming book, see:NEW BOOK: COIN COLLECTING ALBUMS, VOLUME ONE(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n32a02.html)

The Staying Power of Yap Stone Money
Rudy Valentin writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:MORE ON JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES AND YAP STONE MONEY(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n37a18.html)

Another Wedgwood portrait of the Vicomte de Noailles
Richard Margolis writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:BALDWIN'S 83RD SALE TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 24, 2013(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n37a31.html)

More on the Term Nova Eborac
Last week's Featured Web Site was about the Nova Eborac tokens, with "Nova Eborac being the Latin for New York". Arthur Shippee forwarded this article, noting:

Eboracum is the Roman name for York, but just how did we get from Eboracum to York?

The answer involves boars, mistranslation and the oddities of the Nordic tongue!

One aspect of the Roman legacy which is not as obvious is the city's name, York. Eboracum, the Roman name for York, sounds exotic and Latinised to our ears, and on initial consideration, appears to have little in common with the city's modern-day name. But in fact, the name York is a direct descendent of the name Eboracum.

The Legio IX Hispana believed the name meant 'place of the boar'. Subsequently the boar appears on numerous inscriptions as a symbol of York.

Following the Romans' departure in c400AD, the Anglo-Saxon invaders substituted Eboracum for their own word for boar and town, Evorwic. However, the next set of invaders, the Vikings, couldn't quite get their tongue round Evorwic, so they settled for Jorvik. Pronounced 'Yorvik' the step to York is hardly surprising.

To read the complete article, see:What the Eboracum's it all about?(www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/iloveny/romans/2004/eboracum_name/index.shtml)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:FEATURED WEB PAGE: NOVA EBORAC COPPERS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n37a32.html)