Definition

• Striking Die.  The working die which strikes a coin or medal; the die used in a production run, or a die capable of striking a perfect piece, but perhaps not yet put into production.

  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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