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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 26692284, member: 102103&quot;]Thanks, I thought it was interesting too.&nbsp; I imagine that in an era before</p><p>free speech, it was a way to quietly express political opinions.&nbsp; After all,</p><p>no one can afford to throw away money.&nbsp; You just have to pass it along</p><p>to the next owner without attracting attention as to who might have defaced it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a soft spot for damaged coins (holed, counterpunched, ex-mounted, carved</p><p>etc.)&nbsp; Back when silver was ~$20 an ounce, it was a cheap way to acquire</p><p>interesting types at often much cheaper prices than for an intact coin.</p><p>As a bonus, these coins are often in otherwise pretty good condition.</p><p>Now that silver has gone crazy to $80+ an ounce, it&#039;s a lot harder to justify</p><p>buying any silver coins as an impulse buy for me, even at melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, here&#039;s a Prussian 1790 1/3 Thaler that someone decided to carve</p><p>a letter &quot;M&quot; on for some reason.&nbsp; I can often get defaced coins like these for</p><p>about melt, and melt was a lot less back then![ATTACH=full]1703240[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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