TH_froehlich
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That's really a cool looking coin!!!!
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I asked a few coin collectors what they thought it was. They said the same thing as Harley-Dog, and Fastforty. It was a mercury dime that was punched to look like something eles.
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Here is some more info on that dime that has a diffrent face pushed in it!!
From Stephen Alpert and Lawrence Elman's "Tokens and Medals, a Guide to the identification and Values of United States Exonumia".
These are known as pushed-out, popped-out, embossed, or repousse coins, and yes, there are collectors of these altered coins. These coins have a head (or other object) pushed outward by mechanical means, to create a high relief head protruding out from the coin. The reverse of the coin is correspondingly deeply concave.
The first such pieces were made in the late 19th-early 20th century by a jeweler in San Francisco, who pushed out Liberty heads on Morgan dollars, and Barber halves, quarters and dimes. On the reverse he added a bar with his patent date. Some similar Liberty head push-outs were made in France about the same time, using Barber halves and quarters.
In addition to Liberty heads, old pushed out coins have Indian heads, heads of Presidents (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, T. Roosevelt), and other heads (child, elk, moose). These old pieces are listed first, in the table below. If a once-present patent bar or pin on the back is missing, the piece is worth about 25% less. Watch fob or jewelry pieces with several attached pushed out coins are worth a premium if complete. Pushed out coins are also known on gold coins, but the value varies with the bullion value of the gold.
Note: the following price table from the book is from 1992, so they are rather out of date. Unfortunately, that is the most current pricing that I have available. Personally, I have followed some of these items on ebay, and in general, I would say that the hammer prices on ebay run considerably higher than what is shown in the table. The (older) ones that I have seen typically go for $30 and up, with some Morgans (which seem to be the most common coin) going for around $200.
I doubt that I could enter the info in an acceptable table format, so I will just note that each denomination will be followed by 3 values, which is determined by the type of pushed-out design on the coin. First will be Indian heads and Liberty heads, followed by Presidents, and then by Child's head, elk head, moose head, flowers, etc.
1. Pre-1930 pushed-out coins
cent - $4-$5, $6-$8, $8-$10
nickel - $5-$6, $10-$15, $12-$15
dime - $5-$6, $10-$15, $12-$15
quarter - $8-$10, $16-$20, $20-$25
half dollar - $10-$15, $20-$30, $30-$50
silver dollar - $30-$50, $40-$60, $60-$100
2. 1930 and later pushed-out coins
Cents of 1930s with George Washington, Lincoln, or Indian head: $2-$3
World War II "V" and helmet cents-pin: $2 complete
Masonic symbol on small dome on Lincoln cents: 10-25 cents
Libery heads and Indian heads (poorer quality than on the earlier ones): 25-50 cents on cent, nickel, or clad coins, or worth bullion value on silver coins.
Modern designs (JFK, Becenntenial, Reagan, Liberty Bell, etc.): worth face value plus a small premium (bullion value only for silver coins).
Cast copies of pushed-out coins: 25 cents
From Stephen Alpert and Lawrence Elman's "Tokens and Medals, a Guide to the identification and Values of United States Exonumia".
These are known as pushed-out, popped-out, embossed, or repousse coins, and yes, there are collectors of these altered coins. These coins have a head (or other object) pushed outward by mechanical means, to create a high relief head protruding out from the coin. The reverse of the coin is correspondingly deeply concave.
The first such pieces were made in the late 19th-early 20th century by a jeweler in San Francisco, who pushed out Liberty heads on Morgan dollars, and Barber halves, quarters and dimes. On the reverse he added a bar with his patent date. Some similar Liberty head push-outs were made in France about the same time, using Barber halves and quarters.
In addition to Liberty heads, old pushed out coins have Indian heads, heads of Presidents (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, T. Roosevelt), and other heads (child, elk, moose). These old pieces are listed first, in the table below. If a once-present patent bar or pin on the back is missing, the piece is worth about 25% less. Watch fob or jewelry pieces with several attached pushed out coins are worth a premium if complete. Pushed out coins are also known on gold coins, but the value varies with the bullion value of the gold.
Note: the following price table from the book is from 1992, so they are rather out of date. Unfortunately, that is the most current pricing that I have available. Personally, I have followed some of these items on ebay, and in general, I would say that the hammer prices on ebay run considerably higher than what is shown in the table. The (older) ones that I have seen typically go for $30 and up, with some Morgans (which seem to be the most common coin) going for around $200.
I doubt that I could enter the info in an acceptable table format, so I will just note that each denomination will be followed by 3 values, which is determined by the type of pushed-out design on the coin. First will be Indian heads and Liberty heads, followed by Presidents, and then by Child's head, elk head, moose head, flowers, etc.
1. Pre-1930 pushed-out coins
cent - $4-$5, $6-$8, $8-$10
nickel - $5-$6, $10-$15, $12-$15
dime - $5-$6, $10-$15, $12-$15
quarter - $8-$10, $16-$20, $20-$25
half dollar - $10-$15, $20-$30, $30-$50
silver dollar - $30-$50, $40-$60, $60-$100
2. 1930 and later pushed-out coins
Cents of 1930s with George Washington, Lincoln, or Indian head: $2-$3
World War II "V" and helmet cents-pin: $2 complete
Masonic symbol on small dome on Lincoln cents: 10-25 cents
Libery heads and Indian heads (poorer quality than on the earlier ones): 25-50 cents on cent, nickel, or clad coins, or worth bullion value on silver coins.
Modern designs (JFK, Becenntenial, Reagan, Liberty Bell, etc.): worth face value plus a small premium (bullion value only for silver coins).
Cast copies of pushed-out coins: 25 cents
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