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Just something a little different IHC with counter stamp

PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭✭✭
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G G WILKING
I think than is the stamp last 3 letters not sure of

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,978 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice, so was Wilkins a sutler? Time for some research. Peace Roy

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,601 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The full counterstamp reads: "Dr. G. G. Wilkins".

    I have several of these, on IHCs, FEs, and one large cent. They're great. Two different font styles exist.

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    The full counterstamp reads: "Dr. G. G. Wilkins".

    I have several of these, on IHCs, FEs, and one large cent. They're great. Two different font styles exist.

    Do you know who was this guy, and why he stamped them? Advertisement, presumably...?

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,601 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 30, 2021 12:03PM

    Yes. Q. David Bowers wrote a book (booklet) about him and his counterstamps.

    He was into all sorts of things in New Hampshire. He also had a "Pittsfield, N.H." counterstamp that he used in conjunction with his name, but those are far less common.

    Most of his counterstamps were on cents.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here you Go.

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  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting reading
    Thanks for the post!

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From Worthpoint: "Dr. George G. Wilkins was the most prolific counterstamper of coins in the United States during the mid-1800s."
    Jim

    https://www.worthpoint.com/articles/collectibles/dr-g-g-wilkins-pittsfield-nh-counterstamp-coin-master


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  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool coin and history

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    The full counterstamp reads: "Dr. G. G. Wilkins".

    I have several of these, on IHCs, FEs, and one large cent. They're great. Two different font styles exist.

    I am almost positive I once had a G. G. Wilkins counterstamped Shield nickel, I will have to look on some old back-up drives for a photo.

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