Anybody else collect holed/pierced coins?

I'm building a wacky set of holed U.S. type coins that I can obtain
for under $10. I've gotten just about all of the older types I think
I'll be able to under these terms, with just one type left. But what
I'm missing are mostly holed pocket change, specifically these three
types:

* Holed Lincoln Memorial cent
* Holed Jefferson nickel
* Holed Susan B. Anthony dollar

My main criterion is that the hole has to have already been there, for
a purpose such as the coin having been used as jewelry, that the coin
can't have been holed just to create a holed (damaged) coin for a
holed coin set. So I don't hole coins myself and ask others not to for
me.

If anybody comes across one of the above three coin types that already
has a hole in it, you can rescue it from its dreary damaged existence
by elevating it to a collection of similar coins. The coin will feel
better surrounded by other coins that have gone through what it has
gone through. <g>

I have a holed 1947-D Jefferson I got in in change when I was a kid, I still have it. I remember keeping it because it was old and holed - get it?

Great idea for a collection, I may have a holed lincoln cent. I will look through my collection and let you know. If I do find one you can have it for the cost of shipping.

PM your snail mail and I will dig the '47 out for you and post it. Send me the Alexander III Stater and all is well. Kidding aside, do PM and I will look for it and send.

Crazy
But just try collecting polished coins....I just can't finish my Lincoln set.

Hey..hang about...collection completed.

Just out of curiousity how would you know if someone just drilled a hole in a coin? It could have been done a few days ago, treated with gun bluing solution, rubbed a little and presto, you have a coin with an old looking hole. With a copper coin, drill a hold, tab with battery acid, allow to sit for a while and again, you have a coin with an old looking hole. The hole just drilled in a Silver coin could be treated with a dab of Nitric Acid or the gun bluing solution and a coin with an old hole appears. So just how do you know when a hole was made in a coin?

You ask.

Cool idea for a collection... I know i USED TO have a 59 memorial like that, but i dunno if i still have it. If i find it i'll post here again. Best wishes on completing your set...

Is this an omen of something of what?

One year to the day after I got the 'holey' Sac that is now happily riding on my keyring in change from a toll machine in a downtown Appleton, WI parking ramp, I drove into that same parking ramp, fed a $20 FRN into the very same toll machine and among the 19 mixed $1 coins that it returned to me in change was this:
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As you can see, it has a nice circulation patina, including inside of its hole.



Let me know if you are interested in it and I'll see what we can do.

Mike

Hi, Mike. Thanks for this response. This is just what I was looking for. The circulation patina doesn't do anything for me, but the hole is nice. <g>