1850s people obsessed with punching holes in coins.....

lrgoodger

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Two different cornfields and everything I found had a hole in it! First site yielded only a half dollar sized token. I found it online and there is a version almost exactly like this that has a date of 1850 under the word 'western'.

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The second site yielded an 1869 shield nickel lying on the surface. The guy who owned this house wasn't satisfied with one hole. The holes on the nickel don't go all the way through, but there are definitely two holes started on the reverse. The 1852 trime has two holes in it. Too bad. That is my first trime that didn't come from sidewalk construction and has the least circulation wear on it of any I have found.
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All in all, I am happy. My brother was the one who got skunked today.
 

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Two different cornfields and everything I found had a hole in it! First site yielded only a half dollar sized token. I found it online and there is a version almost exactly like this that has a date of 1850 under the word 'western'.

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The second site yielded an 1869 shield nickel lying on the surface. The guy who owned this house wasn't satisfied with one hole. The holes on the nickel don't go all the way through, but there are definitely two holes started on the reverse. The 1852 trime has two holes in it. Too bad. That is my first trime that didn't come from sidewalk construction and has the least circulation wear on it of any I have found.
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All in all, I am happy. My brother was the one who got skunked today.
Awesome!!! Congrats!!!
 

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