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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I should have grabbed it. I've thought about doing an all-holed 7070, that would have been the pride of my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
I think it may have been improperly cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
 ... I always mess up my coins when I try to clean them with a hacksaw...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
You people seem so surprised by this. This is the country who voted in Obama. Oops...did I just say that out loud?  Edited by Russ789
07/20/2012 1:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I should have grabbed it. I've thought about doing an all-holed 7070, that would have been the pride of my collection. LOL |
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Egypt
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Pillar of the Community
United States
613 Posts |
It needs to be said: this coin needs it's own hole filler.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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what the!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow! What a ripoff! How so? The seller made no claims that it was anything more than what it appeared to be and he started the auction at 99 cents. The fools were the 4 different people who in total placed 7 bids on the piece. The high bidder placed two bids himself and the second high bidder placed three separate bids. A prime example of the adage "A fool and his money are soon parted." Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
I contacted the seller before it ended and mentioned that I was amazed that it had bids. His response? "So am I". |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
Been giving this some thought. All value in collectible coins is based on rarity; rare metals, rare mintages, even condition really reflects that poorer specimens are generally more common. Accidental scratches and improper cleanings are also common. An act like this perpetrated upon an 18th century coin, though, must be vanishingly rare. Either it was done long ago, when the coin was worth face value, and has somehow survived to the present day, or more recently, by someone whose motive (or mental illness) must be virtually unique in the world. After all, no one watched the television show "J*ck*ss" to see acts of skill or beautiful works of performance art. They wanted to see things that no one in their right mind would do.
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07/24/2012 10:04 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Possibly these bidders have specialized collections that contain coins turned into useful items. I've seen a large cent made into a gear and many large cents with holes in them that were nailed to posts or doors. The best are the ones with the square or rectangular holes made from cut nails. I have a Hard Times Token with three holes, indicating that it was possibly used as a button. I would have probably put in a low bid on this one. Nice sideline collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've heard that a lot of the coins that have holes in the middle where used to make home made baby rattles. Any validity to this?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My understanding is that some holed coins were used as teething devices (for those whose babies weren't "born with a silver spoon in their mouth"). A silk ribbon went through the hole to hang it from the crib. These were probably mainly silver dollars, for the least choking risk.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The interesting thing about this piece to me is that it appears to have a strong die crack running from the rim through the E in UNITED. Now someone else identified this as an S-100 and r-5 variety, but the S-100 does not have such a crack, even in the late die states. In fact I can't find any 1796 draped bust cent that has such a crack.
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Posted 07/20/2012 12:42 pm
