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jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Curious if anyone has seen this stamp before?
Very similar obviously to the Mexico mint mark, but I have no idea if the mint ever used a stamp like this at anytime?

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  • ChopmarkedTradesChopmarkedTrades Posts: 524 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are Chinese chopmarks known that directly emulate the Mexico City mintmark, but this would be a very unusual style and a rare host for it to be a chop.

  • tcollectstcollects Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    medio = half (dollar) ?

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,372 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That coin probably spent some time nailed to a main post in a barn. The reason for what appears to be the Mexico City mint mark punch is unknown.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    That coin probably spent some time nailed to a main post in a barn. The reason for what appears to be the Mexico City mint mark punch is unknown.

    I agree about the unknown reason for the stamp, gotta chalk it up to someone fooling around for now.
    As for the hole, nailed to a post is a good guess but the hole was definitely not made by a nail.
    Appears sawn almost. Its a pretty neatly done job..

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,372 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like the hole from a cut nail to me. Nailing a coin to the main post of a newly constructed barn was common practice during the 19th century.

    All glory is fleeting.
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