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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3188500, member: 46237&quot;]Many of these medals have a holing point struck on the coin where the punch is supposed to go - examples <i>without</i> the hole in those cases are considered to be either errors or trials.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example from my collection of a Kossuth US (NYC) visitation medal trial from 1852 that illustrates this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look around 12 o&#039;clock between &quot;KOSSUTH&quot; and &quot;THE&quot; in the legend, and you will see the point intended to be holed (looks like a big asterisk).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]822699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is, for many of these, they aren&#039;t just taking a finished medal and punching a hole in it - the punching of the hole is part of the larger manufacturing process. The strike itself is only one component. Depending on the medal, you also have the preparation and finishing of the planchet, edging, holing, coating or enameling, etc..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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