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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4948080, member: 10461&quot;]<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1885-Silver-Nickel-Pattern-Proof-5c-Holed-Coin-PCGS-PR-63-OGH-J-1742-Judd-WW-/201770449335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1885-Silver-Nickel-Pattern-Proof-5c-Holed-Coin-PCGS-PR-63-OGH-J-1742-Judd-WW-/201770449335" rel="nofollow"><b>Here</b></a> is one of those rare Judd patterns on eBay.&nbsp; Note the asking price ($8,244.50, if any of you are reading this after that listing is gone).&nbsp; These are among the very few US coins that were issued <i>by the mint</i> with holes in them.&nbsp; But they were never put into production or circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>No regular issue US coin with a hole in it was ever made for circulation.&nbsp; These patterns were merely proposed designs that were never adopted, and generally speaking, US pattern coins are rare, with only a handful of each type in existence.&nbsp; You&#039;re unlikely to acquire a US pattern coin for less than a four-figure pricetag.</p><p><br /></p><p>But again, this is a <i>mint-made</i> hole here.&nbsp; So it&#039;s part of the design, not damage.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xzIAAOSwnHZYapdi/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AMwAAOSw241Yapdu/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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