Post your "WHAT A SHAME" coins hear

[dooly]

Hi all .. I cannot remember seeing a post about your "what a shame" coins before

 

so please post your Holed, Squashed, or generally abused coins hear .. Go on you know you all have one in your collection

 

And to start it of is this little lot

 

 

Isn't it strange where some of the coins are holed .. as they would not even hang nicely if it was for a necklace .. could it be out of pure badness

 

Also could you imagine how much this little lot would be worth if they were undamage makes you cry

dooly

[WinstonWare]

I don't own this one anymore but...

 

[dooly]

OH! couldn't you just slap some people when they do this to such a nice coin !!

 

[ldhair]

It used to have an S.

[EZ_E]

Isn't it strange where some of the coins are holed .. as they would not even hang nicely if it was for a necklace .. could it be out of pure badness

 

That's what I was thinking about some of them. Plus, if they really were used as necklaces, one would expect more wear, dirt and grunginess.

[WinstonWare]

Isn't it strange where some of the coins are holed .. as they would not even hang nicely if it was for a necklace .. could it be out of pure badness

 

That's what I was thinking about some of them. Plus, if they really were used as necklaces, one would expect more wear, dirt and grunginess.

 

That’s absolutely true. I had a Norse American bezelled and I wear it daily. The obverse is now dark and crusty while the reverse has remained white.

[Coindude]

I have a 1959 half that's cameo... real gorgeous coin...... but, when I was cracking it out of it's slab... before I got good at that... I scratched it with a screwdriver!! Yea... laugh it up funny boys... I felt like crying!

 

I'll see if I can find it and get some pictures posted.

[rrantique]

[bartlesvilleok]

I had a 21 peace that had a hole in it.

 

Ended up giving it to my friends little brother that collects coins.

 

[robec1347]

I have more than I would like to admit, from my uneducated past. If I looked hard enough, I could probably find more. But that's enough bad reminders for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tonidanzawillpay]

I have a 1959 half that's cameo... real gorgeous coin...... but, when I was cracking it out of it's slab... before I got good at that... I scratched it with a screwdriver!! Yea... laugh it up funny boys... I felt like crying!

 

I'll see if I can find it and get some pictures posted.

 

ahhahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

[RareSov]

Oh dear

[Old Pueblo]

I have wondered how one might open a slab. Now I know what NOT to do!

I would be inclined to use a hammer

[dooly]

 

What the heck were they doing to this one ?

[RareSov]

Apparently someone suggested a new cog sort of thing.. A TOOL i reckon, for opening something.. or manipulating something.. it was needed when working out bush

 

Enterprising, I'll give it that. I bet it worked too.

[xJack]

I would have rather had this '94 pre-hack job.

 

[BillJones]

Here's the biggest "what a shame" I've ever held. It's an 1848 CAL quarter eagle. The obverse was carved as a love token. Why you make a love token with such an ugly hole is beyond me.

 

[rrantique]

 

What the heck were they doing to this one ?

 

One can only speculate on this one Dooly, personally i think it was the beginning of a spur for a pair of boots. I can remember when and where i found it like it was yesterday. Over Fifty years ago.

[bsshog40]

 

What the heck were they doing to this one ?

 

One can only speculate on this one Dooly, personally i think it was the beginning of a spur for a pair of boots. I can remember when and where i found it like it was yesterday. Over Fifty years ago.

I would agree with ya on that Irvin. Looks like a good start to a pair!

[EZ_E]

Looks like a spark plug spacer to me.

 

So, let's hear the story behind the find or did I miss it already?

[Raybo55]

[coinman1794]

I dont see the sahem in this one; I'll bet those reverse spots can be helped!

[rrantique]

Looks like a spark plug spacer to me.

 

So, let's hear the story behind the find or did I miss it already?

 

Circa 1958 following a recent hurricane which uprooted several large trees on the school playground. Lunch recess provided time to rid ones self of hyper activeness.

You know racing against classmates from here to there and back. A certain large

catalpa tree had blown down near the boundary of school yard. The stump was quite large but had been left next to fence boundary. This was, we will say home base.

As i ran to the stump and started my return trip I noticed what looked like a coin laying in the roots. I can remember thinking this thing is heavy and a bigger coin than anything i had seen at the time. I have always considered this as my "Lucky Coin", and the coin that started this great hobby for me.

[RI AL]

[jtryka]

 

What the heck were they doing to this one ?

 

I've seen ones like that, I think they were trying to make it into a spur!

 

Here's a shame coin I picked up today from the half off bin:

 

[bsshog40]

Poor Morgan!!!

[Coindude]

So here's the 59 half I destroyed... it still makes me want to cry!! Anyone need one for their album! Looks impressive from far away.

[ant]

this thread makes me cry

 

the hole size in that trade is huge!

[Bugmann1974]

Speaking of holed coins...

 

 

[Smilie Puss]

dooly

 

There were people who used to file the coins rims to remove a small amount of metal usually gold and then sell the filings as scrap. Usually no one would notice the rims on a well circulated coin

 

This coin, however, looks like they went toooo far with a rat tail file no less. Not sure they could have exchanged it for a bill though. Looks a bit light wouldn't you say?