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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


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