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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3373838, member: 74968&quot;]Here is my holed coin. To me holed or not this coin has history attached to it. Who put the hole in it, and why did they do it? Was this person a fan of William I? Was this a way of saluting or memorializing the king?</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the reasons I do not collect moderns is the obsession over grades. If I like what a coin looks like I will buy it. I really liked this penny. I will never understand submitting medieval or ancient coins to a TPG. I do not need the opinion of someone else to tell me what I am looking at. I do my own research, thank you very much, and do not rely on the work of some company to justify a purchase. I have purchased several coins in slabs and every one has had a brief but decisive meeting with my hammer. I collect coins for their history and not to haggle over a VF or EF designation.</p><p><br /></p><p>What it comes down to for me is whether not the coin, hole or not, is an attractive and historically interesting coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894960[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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