Definizione

• Aged.  Metal in ingot or manufactured form which has had time to tone or oxidize naturally. Aged metal has a surface which is toned without any protection or finish applied and is in contrast to that state which is freshly cast, struck or molded and still bright and shiny.  See tone, toning.

  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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