Seated Half question

I'm new to this forum and I found this half with my detector a few yrs a go. Can you tell me what made the hole?? thanks

 

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Hello John,

It looks like a nail punched thru it, then somebody tried to patch/solder it.

Bone

 

I was told that in the 1800's that people would take a nail and put a hole in the money and put a string through coinsn and tie it to there pants. Have you every heard that????

 

No, I haven't heard that, but it's possible. Where abouts in Tejas you from? I grew up over around Nacogdoches.

Take Care
Ben

 

My first thought was a small caliber bullet...Mike

 

Not a bullet. That would have made garbage of that coin. Very soft metal and a bullet would have just bent it all up. More than likely a hole drilled in it for a bracelet, necklace or good luck charm.

 

Perhaps someone holed several coins in order to obtain a sumly amount of silver in order to cash in that silver as well as the coins.