Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1901 — A Twopence With a Hole In It. [ARTICLE]

A Twopence With a Hole In It.

The new two cent piece soon to be issued by the government will be unlike any other current coin in that it will have a hole in the center, something like the Chinese money. The new innovation was deemed necessary on account of the likeness to the present nickel five cent piece in size and alloy. It has already been designated the “doughnut coin,” because of the hole in the middle. What their popular nickname will be remains to be seen. Possibly the “doughnut” will be shortened into doke, after the analogy, of the handy word “nick” for the nickle five cent piece.