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Valued Member
United States
320 Posts |
You guys ever see these? (Im sure you have). They are really cool. Got this for $15  |
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Valued Member
 United States
320 Posts |
 $40 for this one |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1158 Posts |
Hmm, not my cup of tea, but they look well done.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
That's quite amazing. Is that repoussee or die work? I doubt it's die because of such a deep draw required, but that repoussee is stilla lot of work to get it right. I would love to see the back of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Had really never seen this before and is kind of creepy looking. Reminds me of the movie with Michael J Fox, I think it was called The Frighteners.
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United States
320 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
320 Posts |
Its called repousee. Also refered to pop out. I bought a few one time at an estate sale. I always thought they were cool. Sometimes they pop up on ebay, but sellers ask obscene amounts for them. (250-400). I have always paid around $15-20 for pennies and dimes, $35-40 for half dollars and $80-100 for morgans. Even those prices are a little high but I see artistic value in them. |
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Canada
3692 Posts |
I have to applaud if that is truly repoussee. Believe it or not, China is finding ways to mass produce this fine art. I would imagine it involves different die stages similar to what is used in deep drawing using hydraulic 20 ton presses. If anyone's ever hammered cupronickel you know just how hard that metal can be. Nickel is crazy hard and springy.
Any idea on the artist's name?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
710 Posts |
I found this a few weeks back for $4 at goodwill... thought it was interesting at best. I had never seen one before. Found out about them and the process, how they came about and such... Mine is newer and from a common collected date, so I don't think it is worth too much more than I paid for it, but it did come in a bicentennial medallion coin holder to match... ;) BTW... neither coin or holder are silver... (as I am sure most can tell from the pics).   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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No numismatic value, but potentially, could have high collector interest. Now, more artwork than numismatics.
Alas, their thickness will not allow them to be included in a standard 2x2, in a coin album; they have to be kept separately.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Type of things I'd buy for my granddaughter
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 United States
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I found this a few weeks back for $4 at goodwill... thought it was interesting at best. I had never seen one before. Yes, an interesting find. I probably would have snagged it myself.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
710 Posts |
After reading up on them... I would really like to find an original patented type old school one, on an older coin. I love the Lady Liberty one that is busting out of the front!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have seen them for sale in the past....
but I have never purchased one.
Some of them I have seen have been pretty cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
710 Posts |
Apparently the coin holder medallion that mine is in was made for that particular coin and year... it reads 200 YEARS OF LIBERTY and then reads 1776-1976 on the bottom. In addition to it containing the bicentennial half.
Most of the coin holder jewelry I have seen does not have words on it... but this holder was made for that coin...repousse or not.
Again if I collected the stuff... I did see a really cool lady liberty ring somewhere... can't remember what year or type coin they had used for it, but it was super cool looking in the form of a ring!
Edited by Eyes4Error
04/10/2018 8:13 pm
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United States
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Posted 08/03/2014 11:14 pm
