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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd just nail it to my front door for luck.  to the CCF! |
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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I'd just nail it to my front door for luck. I'm thinking if my wife caught me nailing coins to our wooden doors my luck would run out!!  |
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Your first post is showing the same image twice. Your picture file names need to be unique, otherwise we only see the last one uploaded.
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Pillar of the Community
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In colonial and post colonial times coins were often holed so they could be kept on a string for safe keeping. Lacking a wallet , purse or pocket , a string would be the safe alternative.
I have always wanted to find a holed coin with my medal detector.
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Bedrock of the Community
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No wallet, purse or pocket, but we do have a drill.  |
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Yeah, my man already regrets teaching me how to use the drill & bits..because of the fact I started hanging up alot of things...the door idea- I think he would permanently lock up his tools! Ha but thank you guys!
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& I realised I did post the same one sided image, but by that point I had to already fix this & that from rules I did not know about yet thst I left it. If anyone wants to see the other side-by-side ill post it, it is in really good condition actually without the hole..
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not only were holed pennies used as jewelry and lucky door charms, they also found uses as gears, washers, shims, and for the large cents, pie crimpers and leather embossers.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Here are a few damaged coins from my collection that, IMHO, appear far more damaged than our OP's coin ... Nice examples.  |
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Someone tell me why this would even happen or want this to happen?!? Coins have long been damaged for any number of reasons; this, whether logically or illogically so. Given that the hole on our OP's 1858 cent is well-centered, I suspect that this "damage" was purposeful. I strongly suspect that it was performed by a machinist; this, perhaps in order to test the strength of a drill bit on this hard, copper-nickel coin. Or, he may simply have been testing his ability to punch a center hole? If there was no hole on our OP's coin, I suspect it would be worth maybe $25-$30 in such low grade. Below is a high grade 1857 FE Cent that would likely be worth $150 or so without the counterstamp. I've studied this one many times without feeling ill. One of the rarest coins ever sold, the Brasher Doubloon that realized $4.5 Million, was counterstamped or "damaged" in effect.   Counterstamping sometimes increases the value of a coin and sometimes decreases the value. There are even some coins of which a hole increases the value thereof .... so-called "holey dollars." But, that's another story! Edited by ExoGuy
03/05/2018 8:00 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not to long ago there was a post about all the things people do and have done to coins.
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Not to long ago there was a post about all the things people do and have done to coins. This one? http://goccf.com/t/284217 |
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Posted 03/01/2018 2:18 pm
