I'm a sucker for a square hole

Hyperion · January 22, 2013 2:13AM

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if the hole wasn't square I wouldn't have yet another over-paid-for addition to my "junque" drawer

Hyperion · January 22, 2013 2:14AM

Btw, I wonder what's going on by the date.
looks cud-ish. I hope I didn't buy a fake!

Aethelred · January 22, 2013 9:12AM

Looks 100%, killed and cooked by a rabbi, kosher to me!

lordmarcovan · January 22, 2013 11:09AM

Very nice holey. Too bad the hole isn't at the top of the portrait instead of through the date, but aside from the hole position, I would call that very PQ for a holey. And if the Holey of Holeys can't pronounce judgment in that category, then what's left for him to do, right?

The squareness of the hole is a plus. It gives it that aura of historical mystery, since it's pretty obvious an old square nail was involved there. The coin has great color and detail. So what if the hole placement isn't ideal? Nice pickup.

Oh- that reminds me, I still have the Spanish colonial stuff from my Holey Coin Vest to sell. Don't recall any square holed ones, though. There is a really nice 8R, and like yours, it isn't a Mexico City one. I forget offhand which mint it was from but I'm pretty sure it's dated 1800.

I just sold a square-hole 1731 Brit halfpenny and a few others with square holes.

Dunno what's going on under the date of your coin, there, but it looks interesting.

Hyperion · January 22, 2013 12:30PM

rabbis cook coins?

lordmarcovan · January 22, 2013 2:39PM

Mine is Guatemala, as it happens.

davidrj · January 25, 2013 11:40AM

This one looks like it has spent time nailed to a door

7Jaguars · January 25, 2013 12:05PM

Wow, what an unfortunate date to pick! Oh well, guess that is why the nice ones are rare and expensive...

LochNESS · January 25, 2013 12:19PM

<< <i>... if the hole wasn't square I wouldn't have yet another over-paid-for addition to my "junque" drawer >>

Remind me to doctor all my holed coins into square-holed coins

seems it would be easily done

BTW, nice newp!

MilkmanDan · January 25, 2013 2:35PM

Very cool piece.

A different era but I grew up near one stretch of the emigrant trail in California and we used to find square nails on our property, along with other remnants such as glass bottles.

LochNESS · January 25, 2013 2:43PM

My house was built in '47 and I have found square nails. You can still buy them, apparently ...

http://www.buildingmoxie.com/2010/07 (brief history of square nails)

coinsarefun · January 27, 2013 11:50AM

<< <i>Looks 100%, killed and cooked by a rabbi, kosher to me! >>

So it's a good shechita then

LochNESS · January 27, 2013 3:56PM

<< <i>... The squareness of the hole is a plus. ... So what if the hole placement isn't ideal? ... >>

That's what the mohel said to the father after the bris that morning

I'm a sucker for a square hole

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