What do you suppose happened to this early quarter?

FEC

Looks like it was burned and crucified.

kajdg657

Tried to fill a hole and let the metal get to hot to work with. (Just a guess)

FEC

Didnt even think of that. That makes a lot of sense. Is this die variety any good? I dont know the quarters at all.

kajdg657

I'm no quarter expert myself. I just so happened to do this exact thing the first time i tried to weld. :-)

TomB

I would imagine it had a square nail put through it and then was used as some sort of handle, washer or repair mechanism and this is the result of the usage over time.

garsmith

near miss assassination attempt

grip

The square nail sounds good.Maybe nailed to the mast for good luck.
Or over the door?

relicsncoins

<< <i>The square nail sounds good.Maybe nailed to the mast for good luck.
Or over the door? >>



I agree, then it fell into the soil when the house collapsed and some detectorist 175 years later while hunting a cellar hole found it.

Quarternut

B-9, R-1 The most common die marriage for the year...

would imagine it had a square nail put through it and then was used as some sort of handle, washer or repair mechanism and this is the result of the usage over time.



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FEC

R1. Figures. I was hopinh it would have a redeeming quality!

B-9? Is that Breen 9?

firstmint

The B stands for Ard "B"rowning - the author of a book on early U.S. quarters in 1925.

Quarternut (Steve Tompkins) is the author of a book about early U. S. Quarters in 2008.

If you are going to be involved in numismatics, then you really should make an attempt to learn a few of the basics.

FEC

Wow. That was rude. I am not a follower of that series. I am into copper and know the Sheldons and Newcombs. Never read about or studied that series.

pocketpiececommems

I would say from the looks of the metal around the square nail hole that it either circulated or was used as a pocketpiece after it was found nailed to something.

firstmint

When offering sound, logical advice becomes rude, then we are all in trouble.

Baley

it was your third line, Firstmint, you should have left it at the first two for maximum information and civility.

anablep

Well it wasn't shot, that's almost certain.

I agree with the old square nail theory...

Baley

these old square-nail hole coins are kind of neat, part of the coin's history, the hole is what probably saved the coin from being worn to nothing, lost, or melted, as with this charm pierced by a fine square nail

HoledandCreative

Square nails to attach them to the rafters in houses and barns for good luck. I need a dime like that one, Baley. Exactly what I am looking for. Dave

291fifth

It was probably nailed to the main pillar of a newly constructed barn. This was a common practice in the 18th century. When the barn later burned the coin was damaged by the fire and then recovered at some point. It looks like the coin continued to circulate for some time after it was recovered.

nankraut

Calling Lord Marcovan, calling Lord Marcovan!!

intence

someone shot at it