定義

• Cabochon.  A jewel without faces; highly polished but not faceted. Cabochons are often attached to decorations, as the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, a red cabochon stone in the center of many rays. High ranking decorations contain better quality stones, lesser rank have lower grade stones; with some medals containing glass or even plastic cabochons. The base or back of all cabochons are flat, usually unpolished.

  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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