Definition

• Lip.  The narrowest rim border on a numismatic piece. A simple line rim is a lip; a wider rim is called a band.  See rim, border.

  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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