1799 99 over 98 13 star reverse silver dollar

[lauramarydonovan]

Well I didn't find this metal detecting, but it's still awesome. Real shame there's a hole in it. Apparently my mom found it many years ago in a drawer in an old dresser or something and never really realized it was actually a coin or just never thought about it. I guess she came across it again and knew I was into coins and gave it to me and I freaked out lol. Man, I wish there wasn't a hole in it because it's beautiful. She told me she thought it was an 1899. Nope mom, try a hundred years earlier.

 

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[Nickel Searcher 219]

wow.Id tell your mom that coin is worth 1,000 bucks!!!

 

[lauramarydonovan]

Hah yeah I did. She got the bug eyes. I think I scared her when she handed it to me and I made all kinds of strange noises and yelped.

 

[lauramarydonovan]

You can still read the words on the rim.

 

[sagittarius98]

wow.Id tell your mom that coin is worth 1,000 bucks!!!

It's not worth a thousand with the hole.

LD- Nice find!

 

[Nickel Searcher 219]

Well,Its still awesome.

 

[skydog]

why'd anyone drill a hole in a coin such as that, and why in the location that they did?

 

[sagittarius98]

why'd anyone drill a hole in a coin such as that, and why in the location that they did?

People used to not have pockets, so they would make holes in coins and string them together.

 

[lauramarydonovan]

From the position of the hole, I was thinking they made a pendant out of it with the heraldic eagle right side up....maybe idk.