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Anyone Familiar With This Counterstamp?

ColonelKlinckColonelKlinck Posts: 373 ✭✭✭
edited January 9, 2020 10:12AM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

Found this going through one of my boxes...
Any ideas?

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like the design of a ancient coin.

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,409 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Something to do with the Munich Olympics?


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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,031 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn't appear to be a notable date. The owl guy reminds me of a public television logo. IMO. Gig I just don't know. Peace Roy

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,719 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A couple years ago someone on eBay was selling various German coins of that era with that counterstamp. I intended to get one but he never replied to my inquiry asking what it meant.

    I took a quick look on the Interweb and Oct 8, 1972 did not show any relevant results. Nor did "GIG".

    I wonder if it was some sort of trade or coin show in Germany.

  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 9, 2020 2:25PM

    German Numismatic Association


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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably commemorating a 1972 International Coin Fair in Frankfurt 


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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,719 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoKopeiki said:
    German Numismatic Association

    Do you have the name in German? Or is the GIG related to the name of the fair?

  • ColonelKlinckColonelKlinck Posts: 373 ✭✭✭

    I discovered that GIG stands for
    Society for International Monetary History, which in German is Gesellschaft für Internationale Geldgeschichte; thus GIG.
    A Coin Fair or Convention on the counterstamped date would make perfect sense.
    Thanks, all!

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,719 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 10, 2020 2:16AM

    Fantastic!

    Now I want one. :)

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