Definition

• Facing Off.  To grind or mill off all the detail of one side of a coin or medal until a smooth and flattened surface remains. Generally this is done to a numismatic piece to be engraved with subsequent lettering, as a love token.  See fame milled.
   

  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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