medal of creation
now historical
noun
(A rhetorical term for) a fossil, likened in appearance to an image stamped in relief on a medal and hence taken as commemorating a period in the history of the earth.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in James Parkinson (1755–1824), surgeon and palaeontologist. After post-classical Latin nummus memorialis.
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