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18?? Morgan Dollar with date obscurred

Please help identify this odd 'drill hole' found on an 1800's Morgan Silver Dollar? What was the intended purpose? Thank you again for your help!

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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,372 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pattyanderson said:
    Please help identify this odd 'drill hole' found on an 1800's Morgan Silver Dollar? What was the intended purpose? Thank you again for your help!

    The intended purpose? To make a collector ponder why and what date. :smiley:

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MICHAELDIXON said:
    The intended purpose? To make a collector ponder why and what date. :smiley:

    It worked!

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  • lclugzalclugza Posts: 568 ✭✭

    I think I can narrow it down for you- I think it's probably before 1900.

    A check of what hub type it is could narrow it down some more. The dates were all punched slightly differently into each die (except 1921)- that could give you an answer (but that's a long shot).

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    maybe that was the old coin trick with a string attached. Put it in the machine fish it back out :)

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,640 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1889-O VAM 2A. The person that drilled it did so to cause there to be a hole in the coin, then changed their mind, because they didn't want a hole in the coin.

  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @messydesk said:
    1889-O VAM 2A. The person that drilled it did so to cause there to be a hole in the coin, then changed their mind, because they didn't want a hole in the coin.

    Damn. Beat me to it by 5mins JB lol. Shame too. At least it's not high grade.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That 'drill' mark seems, to me, to be intentional...as if they only wanted the 18 to remain....or maybe I am just reading too much into it and it was going to be drilled .... ;) Cheers, RickO

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