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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2967951, member: 19463&quot;]Most of my holed coins fall into the same category as maridvnvm&#039;s Commodus:&nbsp; I&#039;d rather they did not have the hole.&nbsp; There are a few, however, that strike me as more interesting because of the hole making me wonder &#039;why&#039;.&nbsp; My Divus Augustus by Nerva below might (maybe?) have been attached to a long since rotted away casket/funeral pyre/memorial for a 100 year old veteran of Augustus&#039; army.&nbsp; That would be cool but we know it is not going to be proven.&nbsp; As it is, we have a coin with holes and guesses equally perforated.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]727671[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I am forgiving of holes made by iron nails that did not leave the scene.&nbsp; Would I rather have this Augustus denarius without the &#039;damage&#039;?&nbsp; Yes!&nbsp; Would I dispose of this one were I to get a FDC specimen?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; The coin is secondary; the collectible item here is the hole.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]727679[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I forget the name of the movie but there was a scene where some rough character nailed a coin to a post in a bar as prize in a bet of some sort.&nbsp; How many coins must have suffered such a fate in how many thousands of bar bets?&nbsp; Was this one?&nbsp; Few will care and they are the ones who will be willing to buy this coin when I am finished with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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