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VOCABULARY TERM: OVERSIZE FLANHere's a short entry from Dick Johnson's Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Terminology. I was unable to locate an image of the medal mentioned. Are there examples of coins struck this way? Can anyone help? Thanks. -Editor Oversize Flan. A blank larger than intended for a particular coin or medal. Oversize flans will clog or otherwise mis-strike in a coining press (because of collar dies). Open face dies can easily strike oversize flans and are occasionally used to create medals larger than dies employed. A recent example, the Haile Selassie Medal for the New York Rotary Club, 1 1/2-inch, was struck from two 1 1/4-inch dies; the resulting 1/8-inch border was inscribed with lettering. The wide border on such pieces has a tendency to bow up as the center is struck and becomes depressed. Oversize blanks are always used in proving newly cut dies, and often used in die trials.
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