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While sifting my stuff I found coins. This one grabbed my eye because it was going into my "Coins with holes" can.

Then I noticed the hole had a hole (in-cursive} inside the hole!

How could a production coin be made this way? I mean the INSIDE, from both sides, is larger in diameter than the OUTSIDE!!!

 

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Some of my Palestine 10 and 20 Mils do as well.

 

It appears to be in the production method because I have this African coin that has the same effect.

 

Not unique, ok.

So how do they make the hole bigger on the INSIDE than the outside?

 

Centers misaligned and punched from both sides? maybe?

 

Punched then stamped

Spouse, bad engineer, great speller, trumped me on this.

She suggested they made the hole, then compressed the exterior and "puckered" the edges after the fact.

Is that do~able?

 

Yep that is doable, the planchet is holed, the stamping causes the difference, the coin would need to be collared and not set on a spindle.

 

More Whole~ness 1938

I don't know if this even a coin.

But it ended up in the pile of holed things.

It this a coin?

 

yep, French 10 Centimes. or Belgium.

 

Here's a few more holey coins from my collections:

 

Nice stash of holey coins.
So mine is a coin?

 

Yes. A French centimes.

 

ThanX

Finally found some listed on FeeBay under that title. Thank you for helping me know where to look.

Guess I'll throw it back into the pile of holed coins, labeled as such. I kinnda liked the font but there is no market pressure for this item from what I read.

So it resides with my Funny Money~holed~

 

If your interested in getting rid of that Palestine mils coin let me know I would want it

 

PM me.

 

It's French. You got it right on the first time.

 

Thanks:thumb: