Lead Cliché Pubblico Deposited
- Lead Cliché. A lead proof; it is called cliché because it is one sided and struck in a press. It differs from a true cliché in that only one lead blank is used for proving the die (true clichés are struck with two thin blanks).
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