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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2922405, member: 86795&quot;]pockets were not all that common till after the civil war. ... Also as others have said, they were sewn into clothing, and kept on a string or wire for &quot;safe&quot; keeping until used.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Why are so many of the old large cents holed? Many have one hole, but I’ve seen several with two holes in them.</b></p><p>The coins were holed for a wide variety of reasons, including such items as putting them on a string for a teething baby. The reader mentioned the story of the coins being sewn into the clothes of Civil War soldiers as a primitive form of a bullet-proof vest. Another use, explaining the double holes, was for a toy. A string was looped through the holes, then the coin was rotated to twist the string. By alternately pulling and releasing the tension, the coin would spin back and forth at high speed, causing a humming sound.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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