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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2874832, member: 10461"]Holey World coins from the front of the Holey Coin Vest (continued) Canada (Nova Scotia): bronze cent, 1861<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Canada-NS-1c-1861.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Central American Republic: silver real, 1824<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-CentalAmRep-1real-1824.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> France: silver 5 francs, 1810-A<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-France-5francs-1810A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> France: silver 5 francs, 1827-W<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-France-5francs-1827W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> France: silver 5 francs, 1848-A<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-France-5francs-1848A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> German States (Brunswick-Luneberg): silver 4 mariengroschen, 1783<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Germany-BrunswickLuneberg-4mariengroschen-1783.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> German States (Brunswick-Luneberg): silver 24 mariengroschen, 1789<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Germany-BrunswickLuneberg-24mariengroschen-1789.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />German States (Hildesheim): silver 24 mariengroschen, 1687(A kind gift from Collectors Universe member "Udo", as I recall. Nice big coin.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Germany-Hildesheim-24mariengroschen-1687.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />German States (Nurnberg): silver ducat klippe, 1650(This was one of my favorite nongold holeys, for reasons you can likely imagine.  The little boy with the stick horse?  The square shape?  Irresistible.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-Germany-Nurnberg-SilverDucatKlippe-1650.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain (England): silver halfgroat (2 pence), 1676<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-1d-1676.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: copper halfpenny, 1731(Note the old "square" nail hole.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-halfpenny-1731.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: copper "Cartwheel" type penny, 1797(The first coins struck with steam power.  Great chunky things, as many of you know.  Especially the 2d pieces.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-1d-1797.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain (England): silver halfgroat, 157(2?)(That would be Elizabeth I on the obverse, but her portrait's gone, as so often happened with these)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-England-2d-1572.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: silver sixpence, 1787(I had another one of these on the Holey Coin Vest that had been gilded.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-1s-1787.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: silver sixpence, 1787(This one had been gilded, though it's not very "goldy" looking in the photos.) <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-6d-1787-gilt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain (England): silver 4 pence (groat), 1688<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-4d-1688.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain (England): silver crown, 1662 <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-crown-1662.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: copper "Chichester halfpenny" Conder token featuring Elizabeth I, 1794<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-Conder-ChichesterHalfpenny-1794.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Great Britain: brass gaming counter imitating a "Spade" type guinea, "1788" (actually ca. early 19th century)(To see a real Spade (half-) guinea of the period, scroll back up to the post above with the gold coins.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-ImitationSpadeGuinea-1788.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> (Continued below...) 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