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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4945205, member: 10461&quot;]I&#039;ve seen some old plugs.&nbsp; I guess the ones from the era when the coin was circulating as money were done to &quot;bring it up to weight&quot;, so to speak, or at least make the omission of some metal less blatantly obvious so you could pass it in commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The plugs that got done in modern times are more often than not done on scarcer collector coins, and are usually more expertly applied.</p><p><br /></p><p>I drilled an old, crude plug out of this 1856-S quarter eagle so that I could put it on my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Gold Hat</a>, once upon a time.&nbsp; The odd thing was that the plug was a blackish color, and didn&#039;t match the gold of the coin at all.&nbsp; It was a soft, lead-like material, but very dark in color.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what they were thinking.&nbsp; It was ugly.&nbsp; The coin looked better (and was more useful to me) with the &quot;original&quot; hole in it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FThe%2520Holey%2520Gold%2520Hat%2FHGH-USA-Gold-250-1856S.jpg&amp;hash=85e7d6252e3659dc5f7cfc35692531e4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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