Facing Off
Facing Off. To grind or mill off all the detail of one side of a coin or medal until a smooth and flattened surface remains. Generally this is done to a numismatic piece to be engraved with subsequent lettering, as a love token. See fame milled.
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