Raw Medal
Raw Medal. A fully struck up but unfinished medal; it has completed every step in the pressroom but none in the finishing department. Such a medal is ready for some other operation to be performed – as piercing, plating, or, obviously, finishing. A raw medal should not be confused with a base medal, though both require additional work to
be performed. See base medal.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