Définition

• Foul Bite.  An anomaly of acid etching; cut into metal where it is not wanted; also called false bite.  See acid etching. By extension, the same term is used in engraving dies handcut for a slip of the burin, cutting into the surface of a die where it was unintended.

  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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