Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Formed by hammering, stamping, or pressing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To impress by striking or stamping, as a coin.
- Hammered, stamped, or struck in; having a pattern impressed or stamped upon the surface.
- noun An impression; a stamp, as that on a coin made by the surface upon which the object rests to be struck by the die.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Numismatics) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving.
- transitive verb To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
hammered orpressed in (usually on acoin ) - noun an impression hammered or pressed (onto a coin)
- verb transitive To
hammer orpress (usually onto a coin)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The $2.50 and $5 gold coins are the only US coins with "incuse" designs that are sunk into the surface rather than standing above it.
WN.com - Articles related to Indian gold buying picks up as price dives 2010
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The incuse design, with devices and legends below the fields of the coin, promised to reduce wear on the features, but some thought the recessed areas would collect dirt and thus become a disease source.
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All design features except the mintmarks are incuse, recessed below the field.
qms commented on the word incuse
Canterbury
They wear this way, their souls to soothe,
Devotion's the tool that so hews,
As, barefoot or shod,
The pilgrims have trod
The stone of these steps to incuse.
June 12, 2015