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Pillar of the Community
Israel
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Moderator
 United States
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I would guess that it was in a belt-buckle, money clip, or other encasement, and they ground it down to make it fit.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It was certainly attached to something. It is the same thing as asking why someone would put a hole in a coin. They thought it would be neat, and wanted it for possibly sentimental reasons instead of value. Not that I am trying to say that I am okay with that. It still makes me well up.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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thats what I was going to say, it was stuck to something and someone may have gotten overzealous trying to remove whatever was left on the coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You have to remember like coins minted today, this coins original value was face value. People used coins for all sorts of things including good luck pieces, buttons, or whatever.
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Valued Member
United States
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I understand what you are asking.I have many coins/currency.But my most favorite is the silver dollar(trust me I have paid more than I should) However remember there was millions and millions of these bad boys minted.
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Valued Member
United States
258 Posts |
That came out wrong.my many coins/currency are of the same value of the common silver dollar.Still like um;o)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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People have different values on things... it makes me cringe when I see a beautiful car in an ugly color (Orange Corvettes come to mind). It even makes me cringe when someone puts mustard on a perfectly good burger. To each his own...
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United States
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 I like mustard on my burger, and I like orange cars (not a fan of Corvettes in general) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Defintely looks like it was a jewlery piece of some sort at one time. Quote:
I like mustard on my burger, and I like orange cars (not a fan of Corvettes in general) Me too, like this?   owned a vette once, didn't care for it sold it pretty quick. Wish I could afford this Gembella Porsche though, or a Proof Two Cent Small Motto.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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United States
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An orange Porsche is good  The ones I mostly see at the race track are the standard silver/grey cars for the Porsche Drivers Education school. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thats the way they roll in New Zealand. Any morgan that is defaced on purpose makes me cry a little.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd venture a guess that this coin was once attached to a belt buckle, or a money clip.
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Valued Member
United States
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Still it sold beyond melt value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It sold for well over bullion so someone liked it. There's a big empty desert between Seated dollars and Peace dollars but grinding a coin doesn't fix the problem as well as melting does. The mint started working on the problem in 1920 but they didn't finish the job. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Posted 05/04/2013 10:11 am
