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Valued Member
Canada
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I have an 1811 silver four shillings bath token. It hurts to say this but someone has drilled a little hole in it, I'm assuming for a necklace. Does this kill the value for this coin?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, maybe worth 10% to 20% of list value now.
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Valued Member
 Canada
96 Posts |
Wow, big drop.. too bad. Thanks doubleeagle59
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7618 Posts |
You can always get the hole filled in and repaired if you think it would look better. There are people that can do pretty good repair work on this stuff. You just have to factor in the cost of the repair and decide if it is worth it. However, it will result in a details grade of damaged/repaired. To me, "damaged/repaired hole" sounds a lot better than just "holed" on a TPG slab. A hole on a coin is not very eye appealing to me. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
638 Posts |
and how about this one?   MG |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
Melt value IMO, and maybe a small premium to a collector that likes the letter R.
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Moderator
 Canada
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I'll see your 1884 Viper, and raise you double... this is a painful one to see.   "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Moderator
Canada
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A different kind of hole, this one is even more painful... the other side was a crudely made love token  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
638 Posts |
Ok Ok SPP-Ottawa you have all the barging rights!!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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United States
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Holes, harsh cleaning, and severe corrosion are the worst.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
To me ... one nice coin is a a ...Oh No ....
Put several ... or more with holes ... starts to be ... interesting.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9864 Posts |
Here's a holed coin that just ended on ebay. Sold for almost full book value. 391604481534  "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here's a holed token for sale on ebay. Hard to imagine but an example without hole for this token IS likely worth about 5 times as much. 351879029769 "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
United States
408 Posts |
What a shame. It definitely kills the value of a coin to almost nothing. Who would want to pay a premium for that kind of a coin? No serious buyer will. They would rather have a poorer looking undamaged coin than that one.
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Posted 10/29/2016 1:09 pm
