medallurgyn.

1820 Ann. Fine Arts 5 xiv. 424 The new medallic cabinet, in the Strand, is replete with every work of excellence in medallurgy; where all the choice specimens of modern art can be procured.

1837 Compl. Bk. Trades 212 The trade [of Engraving] is divided into several branches or classes,..as 1st, engraving on stone for seals, signets, etc.;..2d, die-sinking for coins, medals, &c. called medallurgy; [etc.].

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 727/2 Medallurgy, the art of making and striking medals and coins.

1867 Galaxy 1 Apr. 799 Naturalistic treatment is entirely out of place in decorative art...and in no department of art is it so incongruous as in medallurgy.

1883 Harper's Mag. May 855/1 Inman handed the petition to C. C, Wright, who was afterward the eminent engraver and skillful artist in medallurgy.

1900 Amer. Architect & Building News 4 Aug. 33/1 The National Academy of Design's new Classes in Medallurgy.

1922 Numismatist June 287 The objects of the Society Les Amis de la Medaille d'Art..are to encourage medallurgy in Belgium and develop the taste for medals.

1977 M. Mann Amer. Art-Union 16 The AAU's venture into medallurgy was made possible by the presence of Charles Cushing Wright, the first diesinker in the United States, who cast all three of the AAU medals.

2009 S. B. First Mech. of Renown (Ph.D. Dissert., Univ. of Michigan) i. 84 Medallurgy was an important part of the culture of memorialization in the period.