Three Century Holed Dollar Miniset

 

 

People have been holing coins, to carry on a strap or make into jewelry, since the beginning of coinage. Here are three dollars from three centuries with three holes at three different spots, each three different sizes, and each at three different distances from the coin's rim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1799 Bust dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1889 Morgan dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1922-S Peace dollar

 

 

To return to Anne...

Other glomworthy coins:

Oldest Coins

 Athenian Owls

Alexander the Great Coins

Medusa Coins

Thracian Tetradrachms

House of Constantine

Draped Bust Coins

Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles

 

 

Other coin sites:
Coin Collecting: Consumer Protection Guide
Glomming: Coin Connoisseurship
Bogos: Counterfeit Coins
Pre-coins

© 2008 Reid Goldsborough

Note: All of the coins illustrated on these pages that are in my possession are stored off site.