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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1955908, member: 19463&quot;]Like too many other things there is no simple answer and no two of us will agree anyway.&nbsp; To me, $30 is enough for that coin because the coin does not have redeeming values that make me want to overlook the hole.&nbsp; I can afford a Procopius without the hole.&nbsp; I&#039;d prefer a coin with better mintmark (SMNA?).&nbsp; I prefer ancient holes (this may be but it is hard to tell).&nbsp; Finally, I prefer a hole which tells a tale or makes me wonder why it it there.&nbsp; The OP coin has strange placement.&nbsp; If you were to place a hole in a coin, why there?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have bought coins because of their holes - not in spite of them. I like the hole in the coin below but I wish the guy with the hammer had taken one less swipe so he didn&#039;t smash in the face.&nbsp; Compared to that, the hole and its remaining nail seems like a bonus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]343943[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If one hole reduces the price by 75% the how much do I have to pay you to take a triple? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]343944[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I could not buy it but the best hole I have seen IMHO was years ago when I saw a LRB (Constantine???) with a square central hole and gear teeth neatly cut around the edge.&nbsp; I assume a farmer needed a part to fix his machine and picked up this round piece of metal out in his field.&nbsp; The rest is history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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