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What is worse than a coin with a hole in it? (Barber Quarter)
oih82w8
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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".
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"
http://koinpro.tripod.com/CPG5II/CPG5II.htm
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".
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"
http://koinpro.tripod.com/CPG5II/CPG5II.htm
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Nice clash and would look great on a key ring.
Oh it's just a Large & Micro O variety
Nice clash and would look great on a key ring.
If you hurry, it's still available on collectors.com
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whoever did that should have placed the drill between his eyes
I suspect they have been dead quite awhile already......
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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
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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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.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
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."
Judge Chamberlain Haller
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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It has great detail and I couldn't afford a problem free version, so sometimes you take what you can get.
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)
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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."
Judge Chamberlain Haller
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Thing is, Judge Haller denied the objection
Steve
Collector, occasional seller