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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26189649, member: 101855"]In addition to using them as jewelry, coins were also holed to make them into tool parts. </p><p><br /></p><p>In medieval England, it was believed that if one wore a King James I (early 1600s to mid 1620s) gold sovereign around their neck that it would ward off the plague. Such coins are available today. It’s an interesting story, but they still sell at deep discounts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26189649, member: 101855"]In addition to using them as jewelry, coins were also holed to make them into tool parts. In medieval England, it was believed that if one wore a King James I (early 1600s to mid 1620s) gold sovereign around their neck that it would ward off the plague. Such coins are available today. It’s an interesting story, but they still sell at deep discounts.[/QUOTE]
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