contorniatedcontourniatedadj.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) All we have remaining of these contourniated Medals seem to have been made about the same time.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Contourniated,..a term used of a sort of medallions struck with a kind of hollowness all round, leaving a circle on each side.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
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