- May 17, 2019
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Ok, I am now up to three coins from a homesite/ root cellar. Well... no fountain found so far. Two Braided Hair and one Coronet dated 182? with holes drilled. All found different times same site. The coin in the "center" was found yesterday, which finally got me thinking. These are the only coins I have found on this site with holes drilled. First to find, the Brothel coin is easy to recognize on the reverse side. I don't think I need to spell it out. So my question. Handing out brothel coins required the madam receiving back the same coin. Were the holes to mark the coins? You could not give a customer a plain One Cent. Everybody in town would be getting a free ride! For those unfamiliar with brothel coins. The madam would hand a gentleman (probably not) a coin. The customer would give the coin to a waiting lady, who later would return the coin to the madam to get paid. The waiting lady could be anywhere in town. There has to be a connection here.
Also, the place has been a treasure trove of small fancy buttons. At least 100+ so far. Most by a pond where washing was probably done. A laundry business as well? The site is a tough detect area. It is loaded with iron signals. I had not been there a while. Started going back to the site to use my new Equinox 900 with the 6" coil. I have to say, it's performing far better than the 800 w/6" coil by a mile shot. I'm getting better target number clarity and surprised I had walked right over these coins before. The place was full of old holes by jerks who don't back fill. So I spent a lot of time cleaning up the site and at the same time found a Indian Head right next to one of their fat holes. HA!
Another coin last week from this same site is this 1846 W.W. Wilber Slave Auction Token. How the hell did that get to Cape Cod? Customer? I would love to go back and visit the folks who lived there. Bet I could get a stiff drink and maybe more.
This is also a new find at the site. 1841 Van Buren Hard Times Token. Needs better cleaning, but details are good. Not drilled. Guess no fun times with this coin. Or maybe the ubiquitous of the coins could be used for business as well?? Any guesses?
Here is a page with more information about US One Cent brothel coins. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia104330.html
Thanks for looking!
Also, the place has been a treasure trove of small fancy buttons. At least 100+ so far. Most by a pond where washing was probably done. A laundry business as well? The site is a tough detect area. It is loaded with iron signals. I had not been there a while. Started going back to the site to use my new Equinox 900 with the 6" coil. I have to say, it's performing far better than the 800 w/6" coil by a mile shot. I'm getting better target number clarity and surprised I had walked right over these coins before. The place was full of old holes by jerks who don't back fill. So I spent a lot of time cleaning up the site and at the same time found a Indian Head right next to one of their fat holes. HA!
Another coin last week from this same site is this 1846 W.W. Wilber Slave Auction Token. How the hell did that get to Cape Cod? Customer? I would love to go back and visit the folks who lived there. Bet I could get a stiff drink and maybe more.
This is also a new find at the site. 1841 Van Buren Hard Times Token. Needs better cleaning, but details are good. Not drilled. Guess no fun times with this coin. Or maybe the ubiquitous of the coins could be used for business as well?? Any guesses?
Here is a page with more information about US One Cent brothel coins. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia104330.html
Thanks for looking!
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