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VOCABULARY TERMS: RAW EDGE, RAW MEDALHere's another couple short entries from Dick Johnson's Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Terminology. -Editor Raw Edge. The edge of a blank after it has been blanked and before it is upset. Raw edge blanks have burrs on one side from the shearing action of the blanking die and cutter plate (a small amount of debris forms on the edge on the side opposite the initial contact of the blanking die). Upsetting removes this raw edge, rounds the edge and makes the blank uniform for coining. See upsetting. Raw Medal. A fully struck up but unfinished medal; it has completed every step in the pressroom but none in the finishing department. Such a medal is ready for some other operation to be performed – as piercing, plating, or, obviously, finishing. A raw medal should not be confused with a base medal, though both require additional work to be performed. See base medal.
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