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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 395646, member: 112&quot;]It could have been done 150 years ago. Back then, drilling out silver, saving it, and replacing the silver with a base metal plug was a sure fire way of making money for a lot of people. You have to remember that in the early 1800&#039;s and even later one cent was money that counted. You drill out 50 coins like that, and you&#039;ll have a quarter&#039;s worth of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there were many other reasons for drilling a coin, sometimes it was just done with a nail - anything to make a hole. Then the coin might be sewed inside their clothes so they wouldn&#039;t lose it. Or so they could wear it on a string. There were lots of reason to hole a coin back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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