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What is worse than a coin with a hole in it? (Barber Quarter)

oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,525 ✭✭✭✭✭
It is so sad when a collectible coin is damaged, whether deliberate or accidental. I found this 1892-O Barber Quarter with a hole through the date (jewelry/necklace piece?) and then noticed the variety FS-901 Clashed Dies which have two presently attributed, both AU55, I have one of them (not the holed one).



It, like all other coins before someone with a little extra time on their hands decided to be destructive/creative, was a nice coin...now it's fate resides as a "hole filler". image



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Ken Potter has the pick-up point as "Strong Clashed Die obverse. A star transferred from the reverse die prominently jutting out from Liberty's neck is the most dramatic aspect of this coin. Other obverse and reverse clash marks are evident"



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  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    whoever did that should have placed the drill between his eyes
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh it's just a Large & Micro O variety imageimage



    Nice clash and would look great on a key ring.
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,525 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Broadstruck

    Oh it's just a Large & Micro O variety imageimage



    Nice clash and would look great on a key ring.




    If you hurry, it's still available on collectors.com image
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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,622 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: chumley
    whoever did that should have placed the drill between his eyes


    I suspect they have been dead quite awhile already......
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,528 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's not just Barber quarters why coin dealers drink.

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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,476 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: chumley
    whoever did that should have placed the drill between his eyes


    Silencing a baby's cry was most likely what was going on in the culprit's mind. He chose to make a baby's teether.


    Leo

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I tend to view these situations in the opposite light.



    Think about it, if the coin had not had a hole drilled into it then it would likely have stayed in circulation until it was worn to a nub, which is what happened to the vast majority of Barber coinage. However, because a hole was drilled into the coin, for whatever reason, it was set aside and saved only to be found much later and recognized for what it is.



    Truly, without the hole, this coin would likely have been melted already in one of the great silver melts or would be traded as a low grade (probably cleaned) specimen.
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,076 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i like the clash marks. bummer about the hole though image
  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,525 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TomB

    I tend to view these situations in the opposite light.



    Think about it, if the coin had not had a hole drilled into it then it would likely have stayed in circulation until it was worn to a nub, which is what happened to the vast majority of Barber coinage. However, because a hole was drilled into the coin, for whatever reason, it was set aside and saved only to be found much later and recognized for what it is.



    Truly, without the hole, this coin would likely have been melted already in one of the great silver melts or would be traded as a low grade (probably cleaned) specimen.








    Tom, "That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection." image



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    My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    I have a holed coin in my collection.
    It has great detail and I couldn't afford a problem free version, so sometimes you take what you can get.
  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,976 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To answer your question, a coin with 2 holes in it.
    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hole through the date is pretty tough to get over, but if someone wanted to study the die variety feature (clash) then this might be a cool specimen, at the right price.



    Good luck finding that one particular buyer while you enjoy owning this interesting piece!

    (I've got a few severely damaged coins in which the "interesting" features of the coin are intact)

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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: oih82w8

    Originally posted by: TomB

    I tend to view these situations in the opposite light.



    Think about it, if the coin had not had a hole drilled into it then it would likely have stayed in circulation until it was worn to a nub, which is what happened to the vast majority of Barber coinage. However, because a hole was drilled into the coin, for whatever reason, it was set aside and saved only to be found much later and recognized for what it is.



    Truly, without the hole, this coin would likely have been melted already in one of the great silver melts or would be traded as a low grade (probably cleaned) specimen.








    Tom, "That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection." image



    Judge Chamberlain Haller

    My Cousin Vinny (1992)








    Thing is, Judge Haller denied the objection image



    Steve

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,673 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would have to say that -this- is worse. Nothing like a big staple scratch to ruin a valuable coin.

    Collector, occasional seller

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