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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 113875, member: 283&quot;]Counterstamped coins / chop marked coins / cut coins all remain `coins&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to agree with that excepting holed coinage still spends. Whether it did `back then&#039; I don&#039;t really know. I guess if I was a trader and expecting </p><p>full payment, a silver coin with a hole in it would be a no no.....but then again, so would a `shaved&#039; coin.....?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with that. A transformation from one thing into another. Some may grieve for the death of the former. Some may praise the creation of the latter. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think over the years my initial very narrow definition ands interests widened significantly from being a UK only collector to europe, to world, to world and medals, to world and medals and jetons and tokens. That&#039;s probably why i&#039;ve got so many bits of this n&#039; that. Somewhere in there IS focus.....but it&#039;s blurry at the best of times :smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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