Definición

• Rounded Top.  A medallic item with any form of curved shape to its top edge. Plaques and plaquettes are frequently so designed, or incorporate a lunette, to add more interest or a more pleasing appearance to the piece. A rounded top with square bottom is sometimes called a tombstone shape.  See unusual shapes.

  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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