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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;saltysam-1, post: 1687354, member: 23368&quot;]This particular coin is known as a Repousse Coin. This is an original piece attributed to William Augustus Malliet. The inscription bar across the reverse shows his patent date,(PAT.AUG.11.1903) the patent number being 735,891. The pop-out was made by cutting out the Indian head design, striking it between a concave and convex die and then re-securing it by means of bronzing, welding or any other suitable means; back into the coin. Some were further ornamented by oxidizing, burnishing or gilding, to pronounce the pop-out affect. Another process was patented by George Keepler in November of 1904. He used annealing and reduced the labor of cutting out the design from the pattern. These two jewelers have the only two patents to the process. All modern coins and many replica&#039;s that look like this, copy their pop-out procedure. This original piece has a rarity of 4. Almost nothing is written about them, except for one 74 page book. If some of you YN&#039;s want to make an impression in the numismatic field, researching the back ground about them, would be a great way to accomplish this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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