Miss Liberty popping though a coin pinbacks

[Rich in Houston]

I posted these a few years back, But still have no info on them,, I think they are 1890s as most of my finds seem to be. Or these could have been made to celerbrate the end of the big one.
They are stamped out of tin.. maybe a silver plated at one time..


Any info. this year?

 

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[Rich in Houston]

reposting pic.

 

[DigEmAll]

They remind me of button tops.

 

[hollowpointred]

i could be wrong, but they look like arcade tokens to me. back in the day there was a machine that you could put a coin in and crank a handle and it would press a 3d image into the coin. is it about the size of a penny?...................yeah, upon looking at the item again im pretty sure thats what it is. if you look close, you can still see the feathers of the headress from the indian head penny it was made from.cool find!

 

[PBK]

I believe it's a pop-out coin— or rather, since you say it's plated tin, an imitation one. Pop-out coins were especially popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's, and were made from genuine coins by using a special die which pushed up the center and restruck an image on it, creating a 3-D effect. Coins of all sorts were "popped," but probably the most common were the Barber coins. An example is shown below. There were also imitation pop-outs, made for use in costume jewelry and as decorations on clothing and accessories. These were usually struck from thin gilt or silvered brass

 

[Rich in Houston]

This is a pinback button. Here is the back of it.. I figure it was given out during a parade or election. Just wondering if anyone knew for sure when.. Most likely 1890s as this is the time frame most of the other stuff and coins were from.

 

[hollowpointred]

thats pretty cool and differnt! i have never seen one with a pin back before. i would guess that your estimate of 1890s is probably right on.

 

[bk]

Here is a pic of one I found. It was made from a 1912 Barber dime. I was told that some of these were made at the Panama Pacific Exposition. A vendor would take your coin and do the pop-out thing. I don't remember how much it cost, but you had to furnish the coin. There are some gold coin examples around too. Mine was made into a stick pin.

 

[Rich in Houston]

Yes, I have seen a few like that and they are just awesome .. Good find.. You didn't dig that up though did you?

 

[lordmarcovan]

was told that some of these were made at the Panama Pacific Exposition.

This kind of fits in with my pet theory. I was thinking that perhaps some were done as souvenirs of the 1892 Columbian Exposition.

 

[bk]

They could very well have been made at the Colombian Expo too.

Rich,
Yes I dug this one up in a park a long time ago. The steel pin is still in good condition, although a little rusty. The soil was sandy and the coins (especially copper) come out in really nice condition.

 

[Rich in Houston]

Awesome pop out coin. Would love to find something like that for sure!

 

[Rich in Houston]

This kind of fits in with my pet theory. I was thinking that perhaps some were done as souvenirs of the 1892 Columbian Exposition.

Could be but everything I see from them has there logo or Colombian expo on it somewhere.