Bijou Público Deposited
- Bijou. A medallic item worked into a piece of jewelry of excellent craftsmanship; often a frame of jewels surrounding a coin or small medal. These are usually classed in numismatics as "coin jewelry."
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