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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2411088, member: 72790&quot;]It depends on the problem. One of my collecting interests is the coinage of the colonial and early federal period in US History when foreign coins circulated as legal tender. Many of these coins came from regions where coins were frequently holed as a way of carrying them (strung on string about the neck) so for me a holed Spanish Piece of Eight Reales or a Portuguese half joe is indicative of actual use from that time. Gold from that period can be pretty pricey, so, for me, the only way I can afford that British guinea or French Louis d&#039;or is if it is holed, or perhaps rim damaged from being looped or mounted. Half a loaf is fine when you are hungry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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