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Blow

Blow.  The stroke of a press; a strike. Coins are struck with a single blow; proof coins are often struck with two blows (called double struck); high-relief medals are usually struck several blows (multiple struck).

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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