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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 2491594, member: 21705"]I'll start off with why so many cents have holes in them. Back in the days around the War of Northern Aggression (Yes, I'm from the South), parents would send their boys off with a little hard earned money. But knowing they were subject to vices, the mothers would sew coins into the linings of their jackets. Nowadays, people will forget and lose jackets, But back then they were precious for keeping warm so the boys would keep them near and dear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway this is one of the reasons you will find holed coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 2491594, member: 21705"]I'll start off with why so many cents have holes in them. Back in the days around the War of Northern Aggression (Yes, I'm from the South), parents would send their boys off with a little hard earned money. But knowing they were subject to vices, the mothers would sew coins into the linings of their jackets. Nowadays, people will forget and lose jackets, But back then they were precious for keeping warm so the boys would keep them near and dear. Anyway this is one of the reasons you will find holed coins.[/QUOTE]
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