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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 990595, member: 26302&quot;]Later on the machine makers just put in a mechanism to separate the coin from the channel making it impossible to pull back out, making a string cutter obsolete. Its pretty simple, you just move the coin sideways and separate it from the main track. I read a book on coin acceptance mechanisms when I was younger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any coin with a hole could have been used this way, since there were vending machines in most denominations. However, you will never know if this was the reason since people put holes in coins for as long as there have been coins, mainly to wear around their neck. My friend metal detected, and showed me his latest find one day in the 80&#039;s. It was a really nice XF S-VDB, with an attempted hole at 12 o&#039;clock. Made both of us sad.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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