Hello, thanks for all the help on my last post! Heres a new challenge. in the same lot of random coins I bought this was also in the bag as well. The carving very much seems to be period correct of the date on the Morgan dollar. On the obverse there is a B stamped and the same B as well as L being stamped on the top right part next t each other (Hard to see but its there). Any info such as if its a hobo style carving and why is has to holes (One hole shows the image as a star and the other hole shows the image as a devil symbol) would be greatly appreciated!
Possibly not as demonic of an explanation but if it were to be sewn to clothing or even something like a saddle as decoration it would need two holes. It also looks like someone defaced stamped letters in each quadrant between the star points . Interesting.
The Pentagram As A Christian Symbol Up until medieval times, the five points of the pentagram represented the five wounds of Christ on the Cross. It was a symbol of Christ the Saviour. This is in stark contrast to today where the pentagram is criticized by modern Fundamentalist Christians, as being a symbol of evil. The church eventually chose the cross as a more significant symbol for Christianity, and the use of the pentagram as a Christian symbol gradually ceased.
Just a thought. If this was originally an ID tag then that may explain why the stamped letters were defaced. The B on the obverse may have been a test in a hidden spot.
I like stonemans saddle concho theory. But my guess is it could've been part of a bracelet. I have a ww1 bracelet made of early "ID disks", as they were called, of 5 members of the same family. They're a bit smaller than a morgan but bigger than a half so I can see linking 5 carved morgans as a bracelet similar to this one which was linked together using Native American old pawn silver...
The holes in the OP coin could be to screw down the coin, to do the carving too . That's why they drilled it from the reverse side ..
Yeah, maybe I guess but I don't think so. Look at the top point of the star. The hole was punched after the carving. There's no real way we are going to definitively answer anything with this though. It will always be mere speculation at this point but I wouldn't mind owning it. It's neat
I think the reverse on the point of the star, where the flange shows is extra silver from doing the carving, but it's just a guess ...
