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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2292478, member: 66"]It looks to be exactly what you describe, a pill box. As you say the top is a faux "coin" that has been "pushed out" with a repousse die. That die has been around since the early 1890's and it or reproductions of it, are still in use today.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no way to know when the box was actually made but the workmanship makes me think it is early to mid 20th century and not real recent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2292478, member: 66"]It looks to be exactly what you describe, a pill box. As you say the top is a faux "coin" that has been "pushed out" with a repousse die. That die has been around since the early 1890's and it or reproductions of it, are still in use today. There is no way to know when the box was actually made but the workmanship makes me think it is early to mid 20th century and not real recent.[/QUOTE]
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