Picking
Picking. In hand engraving, to move surface metal to work up or create relief rising from the surface of a die; also called upsetting. The metal for the raised detail comes from the adjacent surrounding surface area (which must be smoothed out after moving the required amount of metal). Obviously this raised detail or area on a die will strike sunken area in the struck piece. See upsetting (1).
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