What is meant by "space filler" - and therefore is this worth buying?

It's a fake

yes space filler means something to fill the empty space until you get a real one

you'd be better off with a 37 crown as a space filler for a 38 rather than having a worthless fake
 
What I meant to say was.

Often in numismatics people will buy a low quality version of the coin so they can complete the set. Once the set is complete they will start to upgrade the collection by buying better versions of the coins they already own.

The understanding being that they will sell the lower graded coin. This works because even though the higher graded coins may have gone up in price in the years you were buillding your collection, the lower graded coins have gone up as well so when you sell them you can still get a decent return.

In reality is it a bit of a hassle selling lower graded coins so you usually end up puttin ghtem in a box somewhere to sort out when you retire.

That coin is more of a place holder, you could use anything, post-it notes etc. to remind you that you still have to find the coin. It probably won't go up in value so unless you got it really cheap you would be better off putting the money towards the real thing.
 
Given it can be remanufactured at any time - it will never have any collectible value. Just spend $100 on a low grade 38 if you *really* need one to complete the set.
 
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