Definition

• Adminicle.  A minor ornament supporting the device or other principal figure in the design of a coin or medal. A British term for what Americans would call a subsidiary device. The term comes from heraldry and is widely used in describing coats of arms.

  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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