Ruined Numistimatic Value But Beautiful Art

[nanoc-migration]

Hello Fellow Board Members,

 

I was wondering if anybody could give a value on these, I know possibly they were made at the Pan Pacific Exposition 1900 this information I attained was through my father who was in the Coin Business for forty years but other then that I'm not sure and was trying to establish a value for them as I need some money for medical expenses. The pictures I hope are good enough as I hurriedly took them. There is two pictures one at an angle and one straight down. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

 

Thank You,

nanoc

Todd

 

 

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[Just Bob]

From Tokens and Medals by Alpert/Elman:"The first such pieces were made in the late 19th - early 20th century by a jeweler in San Francisco, who pushed out Liberty heads on Morgan dollars, and Barber halves, quarters, and dimes. On the reverse he added a bar with his patent date. Some similar Liberty head push-outs were made in France about the same time, using Barber halves and quarters."

 

Values given range from $4 to $50, but these prices are woefully out of date.

Hope that is of some help.

[nanoc-migration]

Hello Just Bob,

 

I want to Thank You for responding, the Barber Quarter does have the Bar with the Description:

Pat NOV 99 YD

 

If you were to sell them what would you ask for the lot of them?

I scanned them this time just to have another perspective of them.

 

 

 

Thank You Again,

nonoc

Todd

[SkyMan]

VERY nice looking. It's a pity you have to sell them.

[TomB]

They are very cool, but they are also not that unusual. Barber coinage is typically found in the push-out style, but Morgan and Peace dollars as well as Standing Liberty quarters and even Kennedy halves can be found with this alteration. I am a long-time collector of the Barber series and I have noticed that the half dollars sell for the most and go anywhere from $40 to $90 per coin depending on how well the push-out was made, the date of the host coin and if the coin has been polished or not. You would likely do best selling them on ebay as single lots.

[MTHead-migration]

Here is Ronald Reagan pushed-out on a 1980 Kennedy Half Dollar.

[James_OldeTowne]

From Tokens and Medals by Alpert/Elman:"The first such pieces were made in the late 19th - early 20th century by a jeweler in San Francisco, who pushed out Liberty heads on Morgan dollars, and Barber halves, quarters, and dimes. On the reverse he added a bar with his patent date. Some similar Liberty head push-outs were made in France about the same time, using Barber halves and quarters."

 

Values given range from $4 to $50, but these prices are woefully out of date.

Hope that is of some help.

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$4 to $50 is too low a range for the particular pushouts shown here. I've seen these sell for well over $50 each, depending on quality. I once saw a vintage bracelet with six pushouts sell for close to $1000.