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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3373767, member: 57463&quot;]You can feel that way and that&#039;s fine for you.&nbsp; However, coins in any state speak of their lives and you can read them just as you would the faces of people. It is a fact of history that people in ancient Hellenic and Roman times wore coins of Alexander the Great as amulets. Agreed, a holed coin is not as collectible in standard terms or as commonly attractive as an undamaged coin, but it is what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you are saying, essentially, is that <b>any wear</b> on a coin degrades it from Mint state and renders it uncollectible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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