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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2956887, member: 10461&quot;]If you are actually collecting <b>damaged</b> coins in a 7070 <i><b>on purpose</b></i> <font size="3">(and if that floats your boat, why not? I had a long flirtation with <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">holed coins</a> myself)</font>, and you don&#039;t intend to resell it, and don&#039;t mind the price, then there&#039;s no reason not to go for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously you&#039;re unlikely to ever get that much money back out of it if you decided to sell it later, but if you think it&#039;s a worthwhile addition, have fun with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than the obvious damage and the fact that it looks to have been cleaned <font size="3">(aside from everything else, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?)</font>, it doesn&#039;t look totally awful.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the damage is mildly interesting.&nbsp; You want my plausible but unprovable pet theory?&nbsp; I think somebody long ago needed a &quot;No Cents&quot; 1883 nickel for a type set, could not find a No Cents <i>Liberty</i> nickel, and made their own &quot;No Cents&quot; variety out of a <i>Shield</i> nickel.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; We will never know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it worth $22.76 after shipping?&nbsp; No, not to most of us.</p><p><br /></p><p>Worth that to you and you alone?&nbsp; Only you can answer that.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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