Lead Form
Lead Form. A chuck or holding device molded in lead form one side of a round medal to hold an untrimmed medal in a lathe for turning off; also called form mold. The trimming removes flash from large round medals struck from open face dies without a collar (splash striking). Such trimming would only be done on round medals of two inches or greater diameter. See form mold.
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