Nova for Lord Marcovan

ConstellatioCollector

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1783-NOVA-CONSTELLATIO-POINTED-RAYS-CENT-HOLED-VF_W0QQitemZ140089351354QQihZ004QQcategoryZ528QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemNova - HOLED

Coxe

And another Nova, presumably not as holey....

30AnvZ28

Holy *#($

ConstellatioCollector

Don't think she would be classified as a colonial!

Coxe

<< <i>Don't think she would be classified as a colonial! >>



No, the year 3978 is hardly colonial, at least not colonial USA.

ConstellatioCollector

She looks great but not a Constellatio!

DUIGUY

Uh-oh!!

Coxe

Guess there aren't many of us over 45 folks around or at least not ones who remember much from the late sixties.

BECOKA

<< <i>Guess there aren't many of us over 45 folks around or at least not ones who remember much from the late sixties. >>



I was born in 73 but remember plenty from the 60's.

Everyone is still talking about Woodstock.

ConstellatioCollector

I remember a movie... 1,000,000 years BC!

crispy

She looks like the gal that Heston hooks up with in "Planet of the Apes".

291fifth

Very interesting item. The hole is made by a nail of the period. It was probably nailed to the main beam of a newly constructed building, possibly a barn. About 25 years ago I saw an 1843 silver dollar that had been holed in the same manner.

BRdude

HUH?????

Coxe

<< <i>She looks like the gal that Heston hooks up with in "Planet of the Apes". >>



Yes, and her name was Nova BTW.

RareBronzeCollector

And a much better film then the recent remake.......

I ignore the sequels as well.....

lordmarcovan

Already have one, with a similar (larger but tidier) rectangular hole in the center.

Hey, I got it from.... you.

That one has a nice look to it. Generally I prefer coins holed at the top of the obverse to ones holed in the center, for obvious reasons. I wonder why so many Novas are holed like this, in the center? Perhaps they were used as lucky pieces that were nailed to new buildings. I've heard of large cents being treated similarly.



<< <i>The hole is made by a nail of the period. It was probably nailed to the main beam of a newly constructed building, possibly a barn. About 25 years ago I saw an 1843 silver dollar that had been holed in the same manner. >>

I have a 1738 British halfpenny on the vest, likewise with a rectangular square nail hole. Sometimes I wonder how they did it without annealing the metal somehow- have you ever tried putting a nail through a coin? It ain't easy, and even if you could accomplish it, the results are sometimes a ragged hole that protrudes from one side. The rectangular holes I have on a few pieces are surprisingly neat.

fc

oh i take nails and pound them through pocket change all the time.
let me tell you it is easy if you have a heavy heavy mallet. Pop! right
through cleanly!

then i spend it.

millennium

Not to hijack the thread....but here is an 1857 Half Dime I found with a square hole in the center...Jeesh I hated that....