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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 26706592, member: 23692&quot;]Those two that you said came from a mine had a different use as well.&nbsp; Each had a number on them and hung on a board when they came to enter the mine.&nbsp; When the day&#039;s work was done, they retrieved the coin/number.&nbsp; Any left hanging there, many times, showed that the guy was still somewhere in the mine and maybe dead or needed aid.&nbsp; It was a way to account who was in the mine at any time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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