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Some coins have holes in them so they can be strung together for carrying in larger quantities. Like KBBPLL posted.
Holes reduce the amount of metal needed make them, making production cheaper.
Some have holes to make identification easier for the visually impaired....

 

From pickin & grinin above ...... "I get ya. I have married in family that had Grandparents work in the mine, I am sure some of the translations can be skewed. I do know that these men weren't paid in actual us Money, they were working for more or less room and board. At the time I detected them I was 2 or three levels down a concrete shaft. The Mine shaft has long been filled in." I don't know how to get referenced posts to appear in a different font and color. This is/was my first attempt.

pickin and grinin posted the above concerning tokens/id's working in mines. Like his grandfather says, the old Marble mines in Vermont and some coal in West Virginia "owned" the miners. A company would own all the land and build small utilitarian homes for the workers and everything that was bought (groceries, clothes, etc) HAD to be from the "company store", just as in the song. Yes, they weren't paid wages in Vermont, just essentially room and board.

 

You caught me with the misspelling.

 

Highlight what you want and quote /reply will show up click reply and it will highlight it and put it in the reply box.

 

Somebody really worked over the Lincoln. Looks a square nail was driven through it.

Bruce

 

Being it is a VDB, I like to think that someone nailed it to their door frame as a good luck piece when it was still a new coin as there is no wear showing on the wheat leaves.

 

Found this one "detecting" in the pulper clean-out pit at a newspaper recycling plant (summer college job).

 

Took me a bit of sleuthing since I'd never heard of "Lydon." The googly kept suggesting that I meant "Lyons."