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Not that I ever used one..but I do remember:devil:

bob.oz

bob.oz

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I was cleaning up coins and remember digging this one up at the beginning of the year...forgot all about it till now,the date is about right,I had one on me all the time back in the late 60s early 70s(for emergencies)...wore it as a necklace...lots of emergencies back then....worked till they all had string cutters installed...HH
 
You old Dog you. I thought I was the only one on here that old. Of course these young guys have no idea what we are talking about.
 
Was common for people to wear drilled coins around the neck back till the late 1800's or so. You might be the last living one on the planet.
 
jabbo in the 1800s they did not have coin operated vending machines!!!!
 
HaHa! If only coins could talk, the stories they could tell about their previous owners... Its a good thing they cant, especially testifying in court!:rofl:
 
Not saying i am that old, but they worked in pay phones to. Some don,t even know about them, I miss the god old days. Life goes on i guss. Happy hunting
 
I bet he used to do that in the "OLD" days.............:thumbup:
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In the 80's when video game arcades became the rage, I know people who would string them. They figured out how to tell the weight of the coin even if it was drilled, so then they started just taping fishing line to the kneck of George Washington and getting passed that. Then they started putting string cutters in the games and my friends had far less to do on a weekend. :biggrin:
 
At first I thought the OP was talking about a coin necklace, but when he mentioned the string cutter I caught on right away. :bouncy:
 
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OK, now I get it. Put the coin in a machine and pull it out. I found a few 1800's drilled coins. Maybe drilled for a different reason.
 
jabbo said:
OK, now I get it. Put the coin in a machine and pull it out. I found a few 1800's drilled coins. Maybe drilled for a different reason.
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Yep I would bet on that.
 
I found a Lucky Lindbergh coin with a hole drilled in it. Im guessing it was just for wearing and not for emergencies.
 
Some old coins were drilled not just for emergencies, but also so they could be stitched into clothing as a safe place to keep them. I'm talking 1700's or 1800's coins here. Of course in the 1900's holes drilled in them might have been used for less than honest reasons, such as fooling vending machines.
 
Many of the old coins with 2 holes were homemade kids toys(buzzers)
 
Well ill come clean and admit my "emergencies" were:I wanted a coke and snack while playing pinball..A quarter went a long way back then,in more ways than one....Sometimes you even got change back!!!
 
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