18?? Morgan Dollar with date obscurred
pattyanderson
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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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The intended purpose? To make a collector ponder why and what date.
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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).
maybe that was the old coin trick with a string attached. Put it in the machine fish it back out
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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.
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Damn. Beat me to it by 5mins JB lol. Shame too. At least it's not high grade.
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