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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1257771, member: 22729&quot;]I checked patent records for those issued on August 11, <i>1903</i> and think I&#039;ve come up with something interesting. Patent #735,709 was issued to Herman Casler of Canastota, Madison County, NY for an &quot;Embossing or Punching Machine&quot; on that date. It was capable of punching letters or designs in metal, paper, etc. so its capabilities would apparently enable it to punch this coin. Conder used the term &quot;embossing&quot; in post #7 this thread which ads validity to this being the invention referred to by the patent date. Interestingly, Herman assigned his invention to one Fannie E. Casler (his wife?), so she was probably the one who actually made this piece. The date of the coin does appear to be 1904, but even though the patent was issued the year before the machine was probably used for a number of years after its invention. It looks like there&#039;s a small hole punched at the top of the coin, so it was probably used on some type of bracelet, necklace or other piece of jewelry. Very interesting patt, and thanks for posting it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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