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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2690440, member: 24633&quot;]I guess that the easiest way to explain high relief is to show you an example that has, both, normal and high relief on the same specimen. In this case, I&#039;ve chosen a medal from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]603348[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The relief of the statue on the obverse is much higher than the fields of this medal, and the foreground scene on the reverse is only slightly higher than the rim in a few places. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also see from the side-by-side comparison that NGC had to use a thicker version of the slab for the high relief medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]603353[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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