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Wearing this holey would have caused back strain.

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Forgot I had this. In a box o' junk I have.

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  • gxseriesgxseries Posts: 423
    I don't get it. Why isn't it holed at the top? image
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Exacly, why would someone wear it upside down?

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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Exacly, why would someone wear it upside down? >>



    It was holed for wearing in Australia.image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Too bad about the poor hole placement.

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  • NJMark1NJMark1 Posts: 479 ✭
    OK here is a possible explanation for the hole placement. It seems that many silver coins were holed during WWII. My dad left me a bunch that he brought home after the war. The coins were holed without reguard to placement for jewelry use. It seems that they were just holed to be linked together so they could be wrapped around the body or neck to make theft or loss harder. Makes sense in a way . A person on the run with unstable currency would have a ready source of trade that is more secure then coins in a pouch or pocket. The coins are a mix German swiss latvian french.... Whatever was silver.

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't get it. Why isn't it holed at the top >>


    Cuz they didn't want to ruin it...image
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Exacly, why would someone wear it upside down?

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    Maybe the person who holed it was French.
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