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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2747465, member: 10461&quot;]Since we&#039;re still in the Good ol&#039; USA, and I didn&#039;t get a chance to post my other &quot;Holey Gold Hat-pedigreed&quot; California gold fractional, here &#039;tis.&nbsp; An octagonal gold 50c piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last digit in the date is pretty indistinct, but I&#039;m pretty sure it was 1872.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hole was just <i>barelllllly </i>closed, by the slenderest little &quot;bridge&quot; of metal along the edge.&nbsp; I was scared it was gonna break through, but it never did.&nbsp; You can tell someone had soldered it there once upon a time.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet this was originally on a hat pin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So anyway, <b>1872</b> or <b>USA</b>, next.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/The%20Holey%20Gold%20Hat/HGH-USA-gold50c-1872-CA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>PS- if this were a more widely collected series, with all the varieties listed in the Red Book, I&#039;ll bet someone would&#039;ve named this variety the &quot;Sourpuss Liberty&quot; or &quot;Frowney Face&quot;.&nbsp; She&#039;s really got a pout goin&#039; on, there!&nbsp; Looks like she&#039;s about to cry.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(Maybe she didn&#039;t like almost having her head punctured; who knows.)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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