The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 23

POP-OUT COIN INFORMATION SOUGHT

Oded Paz writes: "Hi everyone. I just joined this wonderful group, 
and I hope you can assist me. I've been collecting Pop-out / Push-out 
/ Repousse Coins for a while now, and have a modest collection. If you 
are not familiar with these coins, they are the ones that have the face 
pushed out of the coin. You can see an example here: 
example

"My problem is that I have not been able to find any information about 
these coins anywhere at all - not how they are made (although I have a 
male/female die set for these), why they were done (profit...?), and 
most importantly - by whom, and when (there is a rumor they started at 
the 1893 Columbian Expo). Does anyone have information to share with me? 
Thanks a lot."

[I've familiar with these, and recall seeing an advertisement for them 
in an old numismatic publication. Has anyone ever written an article 
about these? -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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