Definition

• Signet Medal.  A medal used like a signet ring to press into molten wax to make a wax seal. Signet medals are always negative (so any wax impression would be positive) and are usually coin size and uniface. Often they are diestruck to be mounted on a ring, otherwise they would be mounted on a handle (of varying ornateness, from plain wood to carved metal or ivory). In 1874 the United States Mint struck signet medals in silver for the Order of Mutual Protection (RF-8). These were undoubtedly distributed to members who could use it for their correspondence. Signet medals could be struck from a hub (rather than a die) for the intaglio relief.

  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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