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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NeonBlurb, post: 2315308, member: 74855&quot;]I don&#039;t think this coin was used for a button.&nbsp; I think if it had been, the goober who made the holes would have at least attempted some amount of symmetry.&nbsp; (all the holes in a line through the diameter of the coin or on the corners of a rectangle)</p><p><br /></p><p>Whoever did make those holes did have at least a little skill.&nbsp; Copper/bronze may be soft but it takes at least a little skill to drill a tiny hole without galling or jagged edges.&nbsp; These holes were drilled from the obverse through to the reverse by someone who had a bit of practice.&nbsp; If he/she had practice drilling the holes and was attempting to make a button, they would have been located more precisely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the hole locations I would say it was on its way to being cut-out as cpm9ball stated.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a side note, my most sharply featured indian head cent has an ugly hole bored into it.&nbsp; Probably would have been worth way more than a hundred bucks intact but I got it for $1.50 because some numskull hammered a nail through it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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