Posted 05/26/2025 10:22 am
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That's not how the holey and dump coins were created! If I recall reading somewhere, the counterstamp on the holey would not let the dump back in the same position.
That's not how the holey and dump coins were created! If I recall reading somewhere, the counterstamp on the holey would not let the dump back in the same position.
Correct. For the original Holey Dollars and dumps, the striking of the new design onto the Dump flattened it, making it larger than the original punched-out piece of coin. The Holey Dollar too was flattened around the hole in the process of overstamping the new design onto it, thus making the hole smaller. So there's no way an original 1813 dump will fit inside an 1813 Holey Dollar - not unless the Dump were severely worn and/or clipped.
While the modern-day Holey Dollars and Dumps were designed to fit inside each other, they remain two separate coins. Numista is incorrect in listing the two coins as a single coin.
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