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• Street Medal.  A souvenir item sold to the public, usually of low cost and hawked on the street, hence the name. Most street medals were cheaply-struck low relief items made for public celebrations, often of white metal. Few have survived in pristine condition today because most – if looped or holed – were worn or carried by the first owner.  See souvenir medal.

  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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