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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Egry, post: 5372500, member: 113686&quot;]I don’t actively search for holed coins but I do have a couple in my collection. I don’t currently have any holed ancients as I gifted my holed Alexander III stater to a family member. When the holes are contemporary to the coin then I find them quite fascinating, especially if some part of the contemporary mount are still intact [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know this isn’t an ancient coin and I’m sure someone will remind me of that but I find this to be one of my most interesting coins (albeit holed). I find myself imagining what hands it passed through or neck it hung from, possibly on a pirate ship in the Caribbean <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The host coin is an early Spanish 8 Real which appears to have been deformed and then counterstamped with a Guatemala volcano and sun. It is hard to tell if it was holed pre or post counter stamp. The coin weight is still true to the 8 Real.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1229334[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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