Definition

• Strip.  (1) Metal from ingots of proper alloy rolled to the required thickness or gauge in long narrow ribbons to be blanked. When strip is rolled to a prescribed thickness intended to be blanked and struck in a particular coin it is said to be THICKNESS STRIP.  See ROLLING MILL

  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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