The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 18, May 6, 2007, Article 26

HOW ARE WOODEN MEDALS MADE?

Jeff Reichenberger writes: "I would also like to thank Anne Bentley for
her instruction on conserving wooden medals, and to pose the question of
how wooden medals were made in 1876? The detail is quite excellent.
Perhaps a transfer reducing machine tooled for wood?"

According to a 1927 Numismatist article cited in an earlier E-Sylum item,
"the medals were die-struck by Ornamental Wood Co., Philadelphia, on
walnut or other hard wood."  Perhaps an upcoming book will answer the
question in more detail.

 DICK JOHNSON AND DONALD TRITT, WOODEN MEDAL EXPERT
 esylum_v09n38a08.html

 SOME BACKGROUND ON WOODEN MEDALS
 esylum_v09n39a16.html

 CONSERVING WOODEN NUMISMATIC ITEMS
 esylum_v10n15a27.html

 ON CONSERVING WOODEN NUMISMATIC OBJECTS
 esylum_v10n16a14.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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