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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 7956070, member: 6763&quot;]There was a story -- unproven at the time, that the holes were made in many coins so that the owner could use a piece of thread or cloth to tie them together for safe keeping.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember hearing this as a kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years later [possibly early 1980&#039;s] someone was in upstate NY [I believe] and saw a Civil War uniform in an &#039;antique&#039; store for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>He really liked it and the owner said, ya think that is cool, look at this, and pulled a piece of cloth out of the pocket and showed a group of coins with a piece of thread thru them.</p><p>Thus proving the rumor/theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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