Educate me on push out coins

BigMoneyLewis · February 21, 2008 10:31PM

I have started collecting "push out" coins , aka punch out / pop out/ press out coins.
I know very little about these , and was wondering if anyone here on the board
knows very much about them. I do know they were popular around 1900-1920 era,
and were most often done at worlds fairs, expositions etc. I would be very interested
in knowing how these were produced .

Greg

rgCoinGuy · February 21, 2008 10:37PM

That link doesn't work, I am not knowledgable in what you are asking, but am curious and will watch this thread to learn!

BigMoneyLewis · February 21, 2008 10:43PM

I have no clue how to attach a picture to my post. Sorry.
Anyway, imagine a barber half with lady liberty's head
protruding out from the coin in a 3 dimensional manor.
These were most often done with the Barber quarter and
half, although Morgan dollars and sometimes peace dollars
were done as well.

Greg

BigMoneyLewis · February 21, 2008 10:47PM

For example, e-bay item # 160205483794 is a Barber dime I recently won.
I am very interested in knowing what process was used to make these.

Greg

lope208 · February 21, 2008 10:47PM

Interesting coin!!

OffMetal · February 21, 2008 10:50PM

<< <i>For example, e-bay item # 160205483794 is a Barber dime I recently won.
I am very interested in knowing what process was used to make these.

Greg >>

Link to auction

rgCoinGuy · February 21, 2008 10:52PM

That is cool, I think someone, maybe it was MadMarty, bought a medal like this and posted it recently. I am sure someone will come along that knows more about them.

ricko · February 21, 2008 11:32PM

I have been curious about these as well.. and rather than hazard a guess, I too will wait for the informed answer. Cheers, RickO

jhusman · February 21, 2008 11:35PM

I almost bought one of these at a local show - looked fantastic in hand, but the dealer wanted a little too much for it. He aslo had a pushed out Kennedy Half.

moonshine · February 21, 2008 11:44PM

where are they pushed out from? or does 'push out' describe the coin's design - since the face looks pushed out?

DenverDave · February 21, 2008 11:45PM

Here's another Thread on push-outs...

MadMarty Thread...

jhusman · February 21, 2008 11:55PM

Here is a kennedy push out - I wish I'd bought the one I saw now - he was only asking $20 for it.

Kennedy push out

rgCoinGuy · February 22, 2008 12:03AM

OK doing a little digging, it looks like these were originally done to Barber Coins a lot. The term is called Repousse. Here is a link to the technique.

Wiki Link

Edited to add, googling that term will give you a lot more info also.

edix2001 · February 22, 2008 2:13AM

Gallery Mint Museum:

jonathanb · February 22, 2008 3:10AM

These punch-outs -- some of them, at least -- were produced by squeezing a struck coin between dies for the punch-out design. A couple of years ago a pair of punch-out dies appeared on eBay. I didn't win them. I still can't decide if that was a good thing or a bad thing...

BECOKA · February 22, 2008 3:13AM

Here is the photo from the e-bay auction won above:

I have seen a few of these and the do look very cool. I agree they would be fun to collect.

coinsarefun · February 22, 2008 3:29AM

That is very nice.

ArizonaJack · February 22, 2008 3:38AM

I have one as well, a Lincoln....they are pretty damn neat, no pic available...I am at work screwin around instead of werkin

ldhair · February 22, 2008 3:40AM

I have some info on these at home and will post it tonight.
I believe it takes a punch and a die to make these.
I'm thinking a German jeweler started making these back in the 20s.
Could be wrong. I'll have to look it up.

PerryHall · February 22, 2008 4:08AM

<< <i>I have some info on these at home and will post it tonight.
I believe it takes a punch and a die to make these.
I'm thinking a German jeweler started making these back in the 20s.
Could be wrong. I'll have to look it up. >>

They've been around since the early 1890's---Columbian Exposition had them for sale.

commoncents05 · February 22, 2008 4:14AM

I sold 2 Peace dollar ones to a board member about a year ago.

-Paul

ldhair · February 22, 2008 10:52AM

<< <i>

<< <i>I have some info on these at home and will post it tonight.
I believe it takes a punch and a die to make these.
I'm thinking a German jeweler started making these back in the 20s.
Could be wrong. I'll have to look it up. >>

They've been around since the early 1890's---Columbian Exposition had them for sale. >>

You are correct.
The jeweler I was thinking of started making them at the end of century and on into the next.
Some of his work added a raised bar on the reverse with a patent date. I have seen these but don't own one.

PerryHall · February 22, 2008 6:50PM

The dies are still out there and there is nothing to prevent the owners from buying a bunch of Morgan dollars and producing a bunch more. In fact there was a set of dies sold on eBay a couple of years ago.

Dentuck · February 22, 2008 10:48PM

These coins will be explained and pictured in the upcoming Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals, by Katherine Jaeger.

Educate me on push out coins

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