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  2. Cameo (carving) - Wikipedia

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    The shells are first marked with a series of ovals in a process called signing, then cut into oval blanks for the cameo carver. The actual cameo is mainly cut with a metal scraping tool called a bulino, an invention of Jewish artisan Antonio Cimeniello. A number of metal gravers are used: flat-faced, round and three-cornered.

  3. Hobo nickel - Wikipedia

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    The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The United States nickel coin was favored because of its size, thickness, and softness; but the term hobo nickel is generic, carvings having been made from many denominations.

  4. Coining (mint) - Wikipedia

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    A coin die itself, has been the main motive for many collectors coins and medals. One of the most recent and famous one, is the Austrian 700 Years City of Hall in Tyrol coin, minted on January 29, 2003. The reverse side of the coin shows the Guldiner silver coin. However, the design is negative, representing a coin die, as a reference to Hall's ...

  5. Coin collecting in the US has become a lost art - but one ...

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    Coin collecting in the U.S. has become a lost art but a community is trying to bring it back in fashion.. With Americans tossing an estimated $68 million in coins annually, often discarding them ...

  6. Lapidary - Wikipedia

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    A gemcutter may cut and polish diamonds for industrial purposes, and be designated as an Industrial-Diamond Polisher. The Mohs Hardness Scale [25] is a commonly used tool in lapidary to help measure a minerals hardness. A mineral's hardness is measured by seeing how easily scratched it is, and what other minerals on the Mohs Hardness scale can ...

  7. Glossary of numismatics - Wikipedia

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    Fragments of cut and bent silver items that were used as bullion or as currency by weight in antiquity. Hairlines Small scratches or lines on coins, often caused by the process of cleaning or polishing. [8] hammered A coin that has been struck by hand, using dies and a hammer. [9] high relief A coin with the raised design high above the field.

  8. Benedetto Pistrucci - Wikipedia

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    Cameo of Pistrucci (ca. 1850, by his daughter, Elisa) Benedetto Pistrucci (29 May 1783 – 16 September 1855) was an Italian gem-engraver, medallist and a coin engraver, probably best known for his Saint George and the Dragon design for the British sovereign coin.

  9. Coining (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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    Coining can be done using a gear driven press, a mechanical press, or more commonly, a hydraulically actuated press. Coining typically requires higher tonnage presses than stamping, because the workpiece is elastically deformed and not actually cut, as in some other forms of stamping. The coining process is preferred when there is a high tonnage.

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