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VOCABULARY TERM: LUNETTE
Dick Johnson submitted this entry from his Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Terminology. Thanks! Neat medal.
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Medals possess the feature that they can be any shape. This Encyclopedia lists 67 of these shapes plus eleven with a possible number of sides (coins can appear in multisided shape, medals in more exotic shapes). Often the shape is significant to the theme of the medal.
Lunette.
Half round or crescent shaped; a medal in half round shape, or a semi-circular panel within a design. The term comes from architecture where a lunette is a semi-circular opening where decorative work is located. It is also found on 18th century furniture with a fan-shaped decoration. See unusual shape.
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