Was visiting my daughter in Richmond VA, checking out her yard, and found many wheat pennies and clad coins. The best finds were an Indian Head and my first ever 2 cent piece. The 2 cent coin has a small hole in it that unfortunately has obscured the date, although I swear I see a "65" at the bottom right of the hole. I've heard some things about "holed" coins, but I've never found one and wonder what was the real purpose for the hole?
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Holed Coin
- Thread starter Tcpa15
- Start date
Nice finds! Your daughters yard sounds like it deserves a thorough going over. Typically, and my belief, holed coins were put on a string so they wouldn't get lost. I've only found 5 or 6 over the years, but they were always older coins and some what unique. Like Spanish Reales and half dimes. Good luck on the yard. HH jim tn
Mark kus
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Nice finds the early dates on two cents are more common 1864 65 very common the later ones can be worth quite a bit.
Mark
T-DUB
Well-known member
Couple good finds, congrats on your first hole coin, and a two center to boot. Echoing laplander’s comments, who truly knows why, many reasons to have done such. Being hold does add a personal touch and character to the coin.
