Definizione

• Bakelite.  A synthetic resin material rarely used as a medallic composition. Bakelite is made by condensing phenols and formaldehyde; it is named after its inventor, L.H.
  Baekeland, and is a trademarked name. Dyes can be added to the clear or amber-colored substance to make it any color. It is molded to form the design.

  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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