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• Fecit.  A Latin term usually following the signature or monogram of an artist, meaning
  – literally – he or she did it (or made it, or created it, or engraved it). In numismatics it could mean either the engraver of a hand engraved die, or the sculptor who prepared the oversize model which is then reduced on the die-engraving pantograph. The term is abbreviated f or fec. A preferred pronunciation is FEE-set, but FEC-kit is permissible. [Among themselves, artists humorously refer to this term as "fake it," as a fellow artist "faked it" meaning he made it without effort.]  See signature.
              The name ”Stephen Fecit” appeared on an American pattern Continental Currency dollar of 1776. This led one unknowledgeable cataloger to state that “Fecit’ was the engraver’s last name.

  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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