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Valued Member
United States
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I've been looking for this topic but haven't found it - found threads on damaged coins, worthless foreign coins, lowball coins - but none like this one.  It just seems like a shame to throw it away. All I can think of is making it into a pendant or a keychain. I have a feeling there are more creative people in this community than me, though! |
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Rest in Peace
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I've taken to collecting them. No set series, only parameter is has to be holed , preferably unplugged, but even taking those. I know now "value", but what was the reason, a button, a bracelet as yours was possibly or a child's whizzer toy on a string, a good luck charm on the door post, a necklace. It meant something to someone, we'll never know exactly but I do find historical backgrounds very interesting.
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03/09/2018 9:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well I definitely wouldn't throw it away! If you don't want it, create an ebay auction starting at 99cents and lump it in with some other coins you don't want. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even with damage, some coins are worth a few bucks. Definitely don't toss it away.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Treat it as a space filler until you can replace it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Right - if you are filling holes in an album then do it - good enough untill you can spend enough to up grade them - who cares? right!!
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Valued Member
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Treat it as a space filler until you can replace it. That's exactly where it is now - filling a hole in my Whitman album! Still, one of these days I'll be thinking about getting out the Brasso and repurposing her... (Expecting to hear cries of, "No! No! Not the Brasso...")  Edited by RubyOpal
03/09/2018 10:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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(Expecting to hear cries of, "No! No! Not the Brasso...") Stupid is as Stupid does - I know you ain't that!  |
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@RO, there are a number of good threads on CCF talking about holed coins. Just enter in the key words HOLED COIN into the search box on the upper left corner of your screen. I think that you will find loads of good information.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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What do you do with polished and/or holed coins? Avoid them.  |
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United States
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Avoid them. That 1834 coin was one I found in my dad's stuff, along with some similarly holed & polished British halfpence. I think they may have been a bracelet or a necklace once upon a time. So I couldn't avoid them - we were on a collision course. I actually found a partial solution to what to do with cleaned and polished copper coins in William Sheldon's "Penny Whimsy": He says to wrap the coin in tissue paper, bury it in a flowerpot, and water from time to time. If nothing germinates, dig them back up months later.  Edited by RubyOpal
03/10/2018 1:08 pm
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New Member
United States
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I don't look for coins with problems, but when I end up with one that is not silver, I keep it in a container that I have labeled "cull coins". I am unsure on what I will do with them, but I guess you can sell them on e-bay as suggested, or give them away, or like others have suggested, make jewelry or crafts with them. If I end up with a silver problem coin, I keep it just for the silver content in a different container. It is cool to know that some collects damaged coins specifically, and I guess I do as well, I just never thought of it that way.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I recently filled the last page of the Whitman Large cent album with an 1857 small date that's in XF details that was holed in the middle but filled with some kind of brown putty - got it for 30$ - without the hole it would be probably around $200
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That 1834 coin was one I found in my dad's stuff, along with some similarly holed & polished British halfpence. I think they may have been a bracelet or a necklace once upon a time. So I couldn't avoid them - we were on a collision course. Okay, that is definitely one to not avoid!  So what to do? Nothing. Leave it exactly as you received it! Its value is its personal history, not its condition.  |
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Posted 03/09/2018 9:45 pm
