Definition

• Mirror Medal.  A medallic item in which one side or a portion of one side has been polished or coated to form a highly reflective finish. Mirror medals first appeared in Roman times.
      

  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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