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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1986716, member: 15445&quot;]You might say that these repousse coins are simply coins with post mint damage. There was a US patent issued about 100 years ago that describes embossing a struck coin so that it appears to have the main device protruding from the surface.&nbsp; Here are some Weblinks describing the process &amp; coins.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/embossed-usa-coins-with-liberty-facing-outward-forward-whats-the-story.210972/#post-1501612" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/embossed-usa-coins-with-liberty-facing-outward-forward-whats-the-story.210972/#post-1501612">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/embossed-usa-coins-with-liberty-facing-outward-forward-whats-the-story.210972/#post-1501612</a></p><p><a href="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/235973-raised-center-coin-repousse-punch-pressed-pop-out-3d.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/235973-raised-center-coin-repousse-punch-pressed-pop-out-3d.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...r-coin-repousse-punch-pressed-pop-out-3d.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n45a03.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n45a03.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n45a03.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blackmountaincoins.cybrhost.com/p/BMC/c-COIN-ART/1915_EXO_12537.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blackmountaincoins.cybrhost.com/p/BMC/c-COIN-ART/1915_EXO_12537.html" rel="nofollow">https://blackmountaincoins.cybrhost.com/p/BMC/c-COIN-ART/1915_EXO_12537.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I traded my repousse coin set for a single “primo” example of the encased postage stamp. The repousse coins were pretty but the US postage stamp coin is dripping with history.&nbsp; Here is the encased stamp:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]355120[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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