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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 16064, member: 578&quot;]Yeah, Peter, I&#039;ve often wondered what tales my coins could tell me, if only they could talk.</p><p><br /></p><p>One possibility on how your coin got from here to there, is that it was used to pay a debt. In those days, actual money, that had an actual value, was used in transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there are many other scenarios that would work just as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that I do think is likely, is that the pinback was perhaps pined on someone&#039;s clothing (as a broach would be), and became detatched at some point while the wearer was working in the yard. Being so small, it was never found, and while it lay in the earth, the iron stick-pin and clasp rusted away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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