Mark C. Branstner wrote :
> Second, I'm not convinced that Native Americans were the only folks punching
> holes in coins or wearing them suspended from strings.  Within the past
> decade, I recovered a punched, early nineteenth century German coin from a
> farmstead site near Flint, Michigan.  For me, the most logical interpretation
> for the artifact was as an immigrant keepsake.
>
> Just a cautionary... but I think the assumption that any punched coin
> represents Native American decorative use is too general.
 
I would have to agree with Mark.  In Colorado we recovered a punched
walking liberty quarter from a Hispanic nunnery. It still had a few links
of the gold chain attached.
 
Bonnie Clark
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