Post a holed world coin that SHOULDN'T have been holed

Well...you ever get a coin that you just go, "Awwwwww, man! Why did someone have to put a hole in that?"

Here's my example:

Great Britain - 1902 1/2 Penny
pretty sure this is the scarce "Low Water Lines" variety
KM 793.1
Here is the normal KM 793.2



Closeup of the water line area:



And the same area with a red line to help with location of the water line:



NGC Price Guide Values:
F - $20.00
VF - $85.00
XF - $175.00
MS - $425.00

Feel free to post your own world coins that would be great numismatic/collectible coins...without that pesky hole. (Side note: I think this coin will still bring a premium...not sure how much, but still. Lots of detail, and I think someone could use it as a hole filler until a "full" example comes around.)

 

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I hate when this happens. I see these in world coins bins all the time but usually don't buy them. The same is true for the nice coin that someone had glued to something, made into jewelry, etc. Here are two that I have though.

 

Don't have a picture, but I saw one of these that was holed https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2862.html

Now numismatic value aside, a coin that was already made with a hole really, really doesn't need another

 

@lordmarcovan has a hat full of holed coins. maybe even some holed gold coins too ?

 

this is my only holed coin too date

 

Can we state that ANY coin holed shouldn't happen?

 

We can, although I suspect that for some of us there is a certain level of relief, as they really want to wear a coin somewhere but don't want to ruin a coin...so it's good that "someone else" holed it haha...

My most potentially valuable US "holed coin that shouldn't have been holed" was a lovely AU 1913 Barber Quarter with the cleanest hole. Was so nice I wanted to keep it, really...but it was one of my early eBay sales.

Unfortunately don't have photos of it...but it DID happen!

 

I read that one reason for punching holes in coins was started by the Roman Emperor Vespasian (around 79AD), who would give such coins to the sick at what was called a ‘Touching Ceremony’. Apparently, this tradition continued through many centuries in England, when ‘touching money’ would be given to the sick, or as lucky charms. So, maybe owning one of these old coins will bring you good fortune, or just a piece of history to wonder about. I suspect most holes got punched to facilitate carrying them if you didn't have pockets.

 

Holed coins and jewelry coins. There oughta be a law.

 

Interesting - had not heard that before! And that's probably a gorgeous HK 10 Cents there...even with the hole

 

Well, in my change once, I found a holed U.S. quarter dated with my birth year when I was a kid. I ran a string through it and wore it around my neck for a whole summer. I was glad someone did that one...

 

I see a lot of these 2 stuiver coins from Indonesia with a hole punched through them. I heard a story that such coins were nailed on front doors to ward off evil or some such superstition.

 

Counterfeit coins were often punched with a hole, strung on a ring and kept in the bank teller's cage so they could be easily compared when suspicious specie was deposited.

 

Holed silver coins were commonly used as pocket watch chain fobs back in that era when most men wore a pocket watch.

 

Boo. Boo, sir.

 

I really hate to see a nice coin like that 1831 25 cent mutilated that way. It is like viewing corpses on the battle field, very unpleasant. I guess I should just unwatch this thread.

 

Found this at my club’s show today and had to buy it. 1706 Queen Ann 3 pence that had to have been used as a button at some point.




The reason I was forced to buy it was the price - $1