Definition

• Definition.  Distinctness, clarity of detail, sharpness of relief; the finely executed detail of a numismatic or medallic design or model. Designs with high definition are highly prized in the coin and medal field. Models must be made with a crispness of all relief. Those techniques in the field which preserve definition are employed over those which do not, as the use of electrodeposition, high quality pantographs and such.

  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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