Definition

• Raised Lettering.  Letters in relief; raised from the background of a medallic or numismatic item. Opposite of INCUSE lettering, sunken below the background or field.  See relief, edge lettering.

  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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