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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2022778, member: 66"]I suspect this is a souvenir locket made to LOOK like the medal and not made from the medals themselves. There was actually an artisan at the exposition making lockets from coins (Columbian halves, Trade dollars, etc). He would take two coins, hollow one out, put in the hinge, and attach it to the cut down second coin so it would close and fit inside the first one. But this piece appears to be made from an embossed shell made to look like the obv of the medal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2022778, member: 66"]I suspect this is a souvenir locket made to LOOK like the medal and not made from the medals themselves. There was actually an artisan at the exposition making lockets from coins (Columbian halves, Trade dollars, etc). He would take two coins, hollow one out, put in the hinge, and attach it to the cut down second coin so it would close and fit inside the first one. But this piece appears to be made from an embossed shell made to look like the obv of the medal.[/QUOTE]
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