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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm not a big fan of these at all. My husband found this in a little paper bag -- part of all the family stuff he has been going through -- which seems to go on and on and on......    It's is the least worn IHC that I ever 'found' and IT HAS HOLES IN IT!!  |
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Canada
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What are the other coins on there? I bet there's worse D:
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United States
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I take those kind of coins and have a "special" 7070 Dansco album I keep them in. I call it my "problem" album. It has some neat stuff in it. Examples: 1850 Seated $ with the reverse planed off, an 09-SVDB with an added mint mark, a carved up Indian 1907 Indian cent that is no longer "family friendly". I came across so much stuff I decided to start a "type" set with that stuff. People can be very creative when it comes to messing up nice coins. It gets one or two coins added to it every year. Your 1870 is pretty neat....even with the holes! |
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Canada
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I see an old Canadian 1 cent on there, I certainly hope its not a key date like 1924, or 1936 dot. it may even be worth money even with the hole.
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Canada
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You are right, a holed 1936 dot would still bring a pretty penny. I am assuming that particular IHC was a key date? Well the way I see it is it has character. Mind you I have my au50 plus sets that I treasure but the cheap, sometimes even free, holed coins I pick up are so much fun. You can show that bracelet to your youngings and connect it to who owned it, who made it, and talk about how maybe some stuff you have now will be valuable future antiques. I guess I am just weird with my love of old, hand drilled, holed coins. The late great Buddy Ebsen used to loved scratched up coins too. |
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 United States
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The Canadian cents are from the years: 1928, 1933, and 1934.
It's not The Key date, but I think it is considered a 'better date'. Graded G-4 it would have been worth $51. I think that without the holes it is better than G-4.
Also, it is a thick N variety (I think).
Harmonica -- like you and the late great Buddy Ebsen -- I rather like the circulated coins and business strikes the best.
These coins will have a good home here. I suppose I will leave them all on the chain as is. There are transportation tokens and the elongated cent has the Lord's Prayer on it.
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United States
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Interesting how all of the coins had 2 holes in them.
I assume the coins were all connected in series to one another to form a bracelet at time before they were hung on a bracelet like charms.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Try to remember that not to long ago coins were just coins to most people. Not to long ago so many things were done to coins that today's collectors get all irritated just hearing bout them all. Not to long ago there was a post on this forum of all the STUFF people used to do with coins. Such a bracelet was just one of the many things done with coins. Every well in every mall is full of coins thrown in by people. At places like the Zoo there are machines that turn coins into something for kids.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Interesting how all of the coins had 2 holes in them. Yeah, I thought that was odd until I looked up 'coin bracelets'. Etsy has pages and pages of them. Some were linked in series but a lot were connected to a two chain bracelet. All of those had coins that were all the same and some of them looked heavy. So with almost all of the coins having two holes, and all being different, I kind of think that this was a craft project for someone. All you would need is a pair of pliers. Almost seems like something kids would do at camp. |
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That one hurts.
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United States
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OUCH!! It always seems like when you find an expensive coin, it has a problem.  |
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United States
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Well, that's just it. Like just carl wrote, back in the day, it was just a regular one cent coin.
I guess that is one thing we all have in common. We'd all like to stumble upon that great coin and few of us will.
I did some more internet research and I think this would be considered a WWII Sweetheart bracelet. I just wish I knew who made and it and who the original owner was.
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