NNP

Hand Numbered.  Numbering applied to a medallic item by hand with punches, rather than by a numbering head or other mechanical means.  See edge lettering and numbering, serial numbering.

excerpted with permission from

An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

Roger W. Burdette, Editor