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Argent

Argent.  French, silver. From Latin, argentums. Abbreviation AR. Argent is frequently found edgelettered on French silver medals.  See silver, composition (2).

excerpted with permission from

An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

Roger W. Burdette, Editor


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