Strip
Strip. (1) Metal from ingots of proper alloy rolled to the required thickness or gauge in long narrow ribbons to be blanked. When strip is rolled to a prescribed thickness intended to be blanked and struck in a particular coin it is said to be THICKNESS STRIP. See ROLLING MILL
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