There is one instance of the infliction of this punishment in American colonial history: Giles Cory, accused of witchcraft, was pressed to death in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. 75. 33. exergues: the exergue is a term in numismatics to signify the space under the principal figure on the reverse of a coin, usually containing the date or place of coining.
"Selections From Poe"
J. Montgomery Gambrill
Another of his passions was numismatics, and it was in these studies that he sympathized with the author of Aylwin's friend, the late Lord de Tabley.
"Aylwin"
Theodore Watts-Dunton
You are not teaching that child numismatics, I suppose?
"A Red Wallflower"
Susan Warner