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Lunette.  Half round or crescent shaped; a medal in half round shape, or a semi-circular panel within a design. The term comes from architecture where a lunette is a semi- circular opening where decorative work is located. It is also found on 18th century furniture with a fan-shaped decoration. See unusual shape.

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A32 {1975} Osborne.

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