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You chose a medal with photo personification, What does it mean?

The selected medal may be personalized with a suitable photo, or you can use a sketch or painting in necessary quality.
To a large degree, the quality of the engraving in metal is influenced by the quality of the photo used. It is therefore necessary to abide by certain rules that will ensure satisfaction with the result.

Rules for transfer of a photo to metal:

The photos may be colour or b/w
We support JPG format with at least 500 kB
Choose a photo with higher definition (optimum 4-5 megapixels, at least 1Mpix).
The photo must be adequately sharp, it must not be blurred.
Objects (people, animals etc) to be depicted on the medal should not be placed closely to the edge of the photo.
Bright lights and less shadows help, however beware of shadows caused by the head-piece in the face.
The colour of the background should – if possible – differ from the colour of the main motif of the photo (i. e. from an object or face that will be displayed. In most cases, the background will be removed.)
The photo will be cut off and adjusted by our graphic artist to ensure the best fit with the material of the medal.

Uploading a photo to an order:
You can upload a photo to an order by clicking on “Browse“ on the displayed form. Should the uploaded photo not correspond to the requirements, or if our experience tells us the result would not be good, we will inform you at your contact e-mail address.
A purely digital technology is used in Czech Mint to process and transfer photos to medals. A computer controlled diamond tip imprints the picture in the form of a fine pattern of dots (it can be up to several tens of thousands) by applying a slight pressure, not a revolving motion. No precious metal is wasted during the engraving of the personalized medal.

Czech Mint‘s Terms & Conditions apply to personalization of medals - namely the following specific additions:

Personalized medals are dispatched within two working days from the date the relevant payment was credited to Czech Mint’s account,
We send goods as an insured parcel with Czech Post Office, the postage is calculated in a standard way as in the case of other items sold in our e-shop,
An advance payment is required for this service, either using a credit card, or via a bank transfer to Czech Mint’s account. The cancellation fee amounts to 100% of the price of the goods ordered.

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You chose a medal with personification. What does it mean?

We offer you an opportunity to personalize the popular medal
Your personal dedication can contain upto of text, with a maximum of characters in each line.
The final text is centered horizontally as well as vertically with respect to the relief of the medal.
Once the order has been sent, the text cannot be changed or corrected. Czech Mint cannot be liable for potential mistakes in the text entered by you.

A special technology is used for personification of medals in the Czech Mint. It involves use of a PC controlled diamond tip that imprints very fine letters or figures in the medal applying a slight pressure, not a revolving motion. In other words, it can be described as a machine analogy of hand engraving.

It is a great advantage of this technology that the weight of the medal remains the same – as opposed to milling or gravure. Personification does not reduce the volume of the precious metal.

Czech Mint’s Terms and Conditions apply to the personification service with the following special clauses:

the goods is sent as an insured parcel by the Czech Post, the postage is calculated in a standard manner in the same way as for other items sold via e-shop;
the payment for personification is required in advance, it has to be made by a credit card to the Czech Mint’s account;
cancellation fee: 100% of the value of the ordered goods;
the goods is gift-wrapped in a standard blue or red case, an authenticity certificate is enclosed.