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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5367608, member: 102103&quot;]I like your coin, and am glad you are happy with both it and the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think holed coins are a nice way to pick up a coin which would otherwise be out of my impulse buy price range, or a coin that is scarce enough that I would feel bad passing it up for fear that I won&#039;t ever see one again.&nbsp; But as an investment, I imagine a holed coin would be harder to sell than a comparably priced intact coin in a lower grade.&nbsp; I like coins which have seen some history, so I usually don&#039;t mind an otherwise attractive coin which was holed or jewelry mounted or even made into a love token.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some examples:</p><p>Salzburg 1/4 Thaler 1642 klippe, holed, jewelry mounted and plated[ATTACH=full]1228623[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1913 Prussia 2 mark, pin</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228624[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Colombia 1821 8 reales, MDQ (Moneda de Quito) countermark and holed</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228626[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Anne Shilling 1711, Love Token</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;d waited for a &quot;clean&quot; version of any of those coins to cross my path, I&#039;d probably have to wait a long time and pay a lot more.&nbsp; But I&#039;m more of a world coins than US collector.&nbsp; The US has a shorter history, so for all but the scarcest types I feel like there&#039;s an intact copy out there somewhere if you are willing to pay a market price for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>(And since this is the US forum, here are a few US love tokens mixed in as well)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228632[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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