HOLE-Y CENT, BATMAN!...just plain cool.

SeattleSlammer · December 23, 2003 2:43AM

auction link

cosmos66 · December 23, 2003 2:46AM

Blade · December 23, 2003 2:48AM

Second only to the ring dollar pattern in gold. Sweet.

MrEureka · December 23, 2003 2:50AM

One of my favorite patterns, believe it or not.

Edited to say: Oh, it's Laura's? Never mind.

mgoodm3 · December 23, 2003 2:51AM

Very soothing colors.

Cam40 · December 23, 2003 2:52AM

Those are really interesting patterns.

I wonder what the concensus was as to why they were never used for offical business strikes.

There is a link to a Patterns site that shows a bunch of these `do-nut coins`.

Mark · December 23, 2003 2:52AM

How in the world can PCGS call that coin a 65???? I mean, talk about weakly struck in the center!! (

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Mark

JohnZ · December 23, 2003 2:54AM

Boy, I'd love to get my greedy paws on that!

jbsteven · December 23, 2003 3:02AM

does not do anything for me

XpipedreamR · December 23, 2003 3:03AM

Never seen that before. It's neat!

MrEureka · December 23, 2003 3:06AM

There is a link to a Patterns site that shows a bunch of these `do-nut coins`.

See link below:

GaCoinGuy · December 23, 2003 4:45AM

I've never studied patterns, so this is a new one for me.......now I gotta look at the website. Not wild about the colors on it, but it is cool as hell.

SeattleSlammer · December 23, 2003 7:29AM

I had never seen one, either, until now. It's definitely a coin I could see myself going after just for it's "wow, look at that" appeal....

EVillageProwler · December 23, 2003 7:31AM

I second Mark's complaint about the weakly struck center! BTW, nice imaging. Give that guy a raise!

EVP

PS I've just been told that this coin is really an overdate: 1885/3.

RGL · December 23, 2003 8:29AM

Where's LM? The perfect holey-vest coin ...

airplanenut · December 23, 2003 9:35AM

<< <i>does not do anything for me >>

I think I have to agree-- it's got that neat/weird attraction, but it just doesn't seem to have enough of a design. Gimme a schoolgirl

Lakesammman · December 23, 2003 9:40AM

Airplanenut - at your age, I guess that would be appropriate......

Great pattern. Would buy in a heartbeat if the funds weren't tight.....

Mark · December 23, 2003 9:43AM

Personally I think studying patterns is fascinating. They speak volumes about our nation's history. The latest Judd book on patterns is reasonable (circa $30 if you can find one--I believe the first printing might be sold out) and the Pollock book on patterns, though a bit higher priced (circa $80) makes for an excellent companion book. Both books have a plethora of information. And in my opinion, you don't have to collect patterns to find these books intriguing.

For those for whom a holey cent is new, it's interesting to note that the mint experimented with holey cents in the early 1850s. So a whole generation before Legend's beautiful holey cent was struck, the mint had been working with different set of holey cents. Indeed, looking at the pattern cents throughout the 1850s as the mint was moving from large cents to what became our smaller cents is truly interesting.

Mark

MrEureka · December 23, 2003 9:57AM

It's a silver penny, folks. Was the Mint thinking about making cents in silver? Bowers (in the new Judd book) seems to think not. He calls the piece a "numismatic delicacy" because cents are NOT struck in silver. But I wonder, what was the silver value of the piece in 1885. Silver was pretty cheap at the time. If the metal value was equal to or less than a cent, that would explain the hole. Had to keep the metal value under a penny. If so, the coin isn't a "numismatic delicacy", it's a completely legit experimental pattern.

So, who can tell us what the silver in this piece was worth in 1885?

sinin1 · December 23, 2003 10:39AM

silver - then the winner could dip it out and make it look cooler

Casey · December 23, 2003 12:58PM

That is really cool. It's about time I started studying patterns. That's a whole new world I'm looking forward to.

HOLE-Y CENT, BATMAN!...just plain cool.

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