This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[F.] A stamp, often one of a pair, used in marking coins, in forging metals, and in striking sheet metal. Dies are always made of the finest steel, and the figures on the die are cut by small steel toolst Book-stamps are cut in brass Instead of steel.
 
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