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Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
But holey flying eagles, Batman... what a holey it is! I am now the proud owner of my first-ever MS Flying Eagle cent. Mint State details with a slight complication, that is. Even I, the Holey of Holeys, can see the tragedy in this one. But such tragedies are what constitute "trophy" coins for us holey-headed folk. Think… -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
<< <i>(i didnt know you had added a Fugio to the mix) >> It's not a great one. But it's a Fugio. And it cost me only thirty bucks. Looks dug. I can respect that, too, as you know. Meltdown- yours is a very handsome holey Flyer, with great color, a tidy hole, and excellent hole position. It is nicer than the one I'll be… -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
For a few bucks you could see if it makes it into a "genuine" holder, then bust it out and hang it on the vest with pride. ...or just drill a hole through the slab and hang the whole thing! I'm no expert, but it looks a little suspect, to me. But then, I'm usually a bit on the sceptical side. I like the Threeagle, though! -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
<< <i> << <i>I wonder if "COPY" occupied the spot where the hole is?? Sure looks like a fresh hole. >> I had the same thought. That definitely looks like a recently drilled hole. >> Got any reference images of the ones with copy in that location on them sans hole (seems like an odd place, as it'd be off center on the… -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED... The thread title says it all! -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
Seeing the pictures in the original post I was prepared to say that this is a "new" hole (New as in relative to the age of the coin) but after seeing the picture now, next to the gold coin, I am absolutely, 100 % sure that this hole is, indeed, contemporary to when this coin was a common occurance-new, perhaps. When you… -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
That is a nice find, congrats LordM. -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
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Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
It doesn't matter much- a hole is a hole. But a "contemporary" hole is a bit more appealing somehow. Some of the 18th century holey coins I own have slightly squarish or rectangular holes from the old fashioned square nails. -
Re: Your lunatic pal LordM just spent a HUNDRED BUCKS on a HOLED Flying Eagle cent!
I thought/think it looks like a modern hole. But then again I couldn't think of someone possibly doing this to a coin within the last 50 years, so it's more than likely older. Very well preserved copper there.
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