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So what do you do with something like this. Put a chain through it and wear it. Or just shake your head in frustration and put it away somewhere?
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Maybe a birth year, wedding, etc. where the date meant more than the coin.
It's got history to somebody probably long passed away.
Maybe a birth year, wedding, etc. where the date meant more than the coin.
Good response. Might have been a family keepsake or was used as jewelry such as on a charm bracelet.
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So what do you do with something like this. Put a chain through it and wear it. Or just shake your head in frustration and put it away somewhere?
I'd put it in a Dansco and enjoy it as a part of a set.
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It's a later date in the 1850s, so nothing real rare, but it would have been at least a strong XF if not an AU if not for the hole.
I always wondered what the story was behind it. I'll post a pic if I can find it this evening.
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So what do you do with something like this. Put a chain through it and wear it. Or just shake your head in frustration and put it away somewhere?
How and why did you come to own it?
Was it me, I'd think of the very interesting existence this coin has had, and its long journey from the mint, into circulation, and all the times it was spent, to the individual that drilled the hole, to the subsequent owners of the collectible coin through the years, to me, and then on into the future, after we're all gone, this coin will continue to survive. Maybe forever!
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Good grief, do people only drill varieties now?
Nope, sometimes they counterstamp them.
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Canadian dollar inside, I glimpse 1948 and plenty of luster. "Nice" i say, and dump it out of the bag. A little, tiny hole cleanly drilled at the top.
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In 1975 I met a very sweet young lady and we "hit it off". She wore an 1856 half dime on a necklace. She was born in 1956. Long story short..... After 40 years we reconnected (Thank You Facebook) and one of my first questions was about her necklace. Alas, after many years she had misplaced/lost it. I didn't think twice about drilling a 1/16" hole in an 1856 half dime I had and getting a new silver chain. In a little white box, I gave it to her. :-)
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I would have done the same thing, I bet that made her day.
For those who don't collect liteside, the 1948 Dollar is the key date to the series.
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We had lived in California, and figured that the gold probably came from the California gold fields.
I met a friend out for dinner the other night. "hey, look what I bought today", he says....Hands be a little ziplock.
Canadian dollar inside, I glimpse 1948 and plenty of luster. "Nice" i say, and dump it out of the bag. A little, tiny hole cleanly drilled at the top.
Very cool! For sale?
If they didn't put a hole in it , it probably would have been circulated quite a bit and been far more worn. Yes, as a collector better worn than a hole but.....
If they didn't put a hole in it, it probably would have circulated for a while and then disappeared like the other 90+% of that date.
I put together a 1876 set all with holes...but no gold
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I put together a 1876 set all with holes...but no gold
The 20 cent piece is an 1876?
I met a friend out for dinner the other night. "hey, look what I bought today", he says....Hands be a little ziplock.
Canadian dollar inside, I glimpse 1948 and plenty of luster. "Nice" i say, and dump it out of the bag. A little, tiny hole cleanly drilled at the top.
Very cool! For sale?
I'll have to ask him. I probably won't talk to him until next week.I'll let you know.
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Thank you for all the interesting responses and pictures. Part of the fun of going through this hoard of coins has been getting to know the community through this board and others. I have really enjoyed the interaction. My wife is a jeweler so I am leaning towards her outing a bale on it and a nice chain and wearing it as a necklace.
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