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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1956182, member: 15445&quot;]Obviously, not all holed coins are created equally. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I heard that it was once a custom to nail a pine tree shilling over your door to ward-off evil (witches?). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Holes are often added to allow for stringing the coins.&nbsp; I found this one in a dealer&#039;s junk box at a FUN show:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]344045[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>CoinTalk&#039;s member &quot;Cave Troll&quot; has a wonderful Dansco 7070 album filled with coins having contemporary holes.&nbsp; This is one CT link where it was discussed <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/holes-in-coins.20329/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/holes-in-coins.20329/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/holes-in-coins.20329/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This Greenland coin had the hole added in order to differentiate it from a Danish coin of the same size.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]344047[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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