What is a Coin?

It is a metal object, usually round, commemorating an event, as an award, or to honor someone. They usually bear designs on the frontside (the ‘obverse’) and on the backside (the ‘reverse”). Methods for producing medals have changed little over centuries. First, the metal to be used is prepared and made into blanks upon which the designs will be struck. A pair of dies is created with the medal’s design in mirror image. Finally the prepared blanks are placed between the two dies and the medal is “struck”.