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This post has unfolded quite unexpectedly, really nice when that happens. I’m definitely 1 & 2…primarily 1 & 2…but knowledge and the vanity that accompanies it, sometimes gets me a little excited by 3, in the hope I may one day achieve 5, as I endlessly haemorrhage in pursuit of this staggering beautiful and fascinating pastime!

Thank you for this. You are right, it was not the first hammered coin but one of them. And yes it still gives me a pleasure. The reason why I start thinking about potential selling is other coins in my collection. Most of them are quite good (not ideal vut works for me) and holed one attract immediate attention. Anyway, thank for your thoughts, it helped me a lot, I am going to keep this coin with me. At least as a reminder about purchase lessons learned. And I am not living in the UK, English is not even second language for me (between third and fourth) so please apologize poor grammar and style. British coins for me is the most attractive collection items. Strong coinage system, perfect catalogisation, and after all beautiful design - no choice, have to collect.

I doubt I will ever achieve 5. But it is a hobby for me and I know better not to devote "serious" money to it given my limited knowledge. But judging how high inflation has been in the last few years, I might not have done too badly with coins compared to savings in the bank.

Nearly all coin collectors are sentimental and prefer to collect coins from their own countries. For example, an English collector might pay 2K for an early milled crown but would just say "meh" to a continental taler of the same age and condition. With regard to your shilling, I imagine it does have sentimental value given it is one of the first coins you brought. My suggestion is that if you still like it and want to keep it, then don't worry about how much it is worth or whether you will get your money back. Just enjoy owning the piece and it is a rare variety after all. But if you don't get pleasure from looking at it, then sell it on eBay and get what you can. You won't think about it anymore once it is gone. We all (hopefully) make money on some purchases and lose money on others. They do kind of cancel out in the end.

For me it's 1 & 3, then 2 then 4. I do try to avoid holed coins (although I've got a couple that have been neatly plugged). I'll accept chipped coins if a full round coin would be very difficult to get /expensive. If you collect, say, pennies. and have a spare £1000 or so, would you rather have (A) an 1860 (copper) in Fine, or (B) an 1831 (currency) in BU? I'm firmly for (A), but suspect I'm in the minority, (My valuations might be a bit out as I haven't collected 1d's for many yers).

My shilling. I think what drew me to it at the time was the portrait. It got over shadowed when I eventually bought a Milled Briot Sixpence.