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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3082226, member: 10461"]Yes, there is certainly nothing wrong with that, when the damage was already done a century or more before. These coins can still be appealing, and remaking them into jewelry gives them a new lease on life.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my "holey" collection, I only collected coins with <i>old</i> holes, and never drilled my own!</p><p><br /></p><p>One time I did drill a crude, ugly plug out of this 1856-S quarter-eagle, though. The plug had been done with some kind of blackish metal- maybe oxidized silver, or even solder. It was hideous.</p><p><br /></p><p>Better an "honest holey" than a holed coin that was subjected to a crude and misguided "repair" attempt, I say. Since you're gonna have a "damaged" coin regardless, you might as well leave it the way it was historically- as jewelry. A plug is not going to help things.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FThe%2520Holey%2520Gold%2520Hat%2FHGH-USA-Gold-250-1856S.jpg&hash=85e7d6252e3659dc5f7cfc35692531e4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3082226, member: 10461"]Yes, there is certainly nothing wrong with that, when the damage was already done a century or more before. These coins can still be appealing, and remaking them into jewelry gives them a new lease on life. In my "holey" collection, I only collected coins with [I]old[/I] holes, and never drilled my own! One time I did drill a crude, ugly plug out of this 1856-S quarter-eagle, though. The plug had been done with some kind of blackish metal- maybe oxidized silver, or even solder. It was hideous. Better an "honest holey" than a holed coin that was subjected to a crude and misguided "repair" attempt, I say. Since you're gonna have a "damaged" coin regardless, you might as well leave it the way it was historically- as jewelry. A plug is not going to help things. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FThe%2520Holey%2520Gold%2520Hat%2FHGH-USA-Gold-250-1856S.jpg&hash=85e7d6252e3659dc5f7cfc35692531e4[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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