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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2926336, member: 10461&quot;]Yep.&nbsp; Not done at the mint, but collectible and popular.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;County fair&quot; is fairly close to the truth, I think, though more likely something one would find at bigger exhibitions like the <i>World&#039;s</i> fairs.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were to venture a wild guess (and I will- but it&#039;s just that- a WAG), I would imagine those were first done sometime around the time of the World&#039;s Columbian Exposition in 1892-93.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a lot on Barber coins from around the turn of the century.&nbsp; I think I even saw a tiny patent date incused on the reverse (concave) side of one, once, which was dated in the very early 1900s just like the host coin was.&nbsp; So the machinery that did this must have been patented.</p><p><br /></p><p>The craze for these seems to have had its heyday much earlier in the 20th century, but I see from the CT thread there are modern versions, too.&nbsp; Until I checked <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/repousee-coins-aka-push-outs-or-pop-outs.225062/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/repousee-coins-aka-push-outs-or-pop-outs.225062/">that thread</a> out, your 1952-S cent was the latest host coin I had seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cool item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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