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1884 Canadian LC - 2 stamped in neck

StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I realize a $1-2 large cent isn't anything to get excited over, but I was just curious as to the purpose of the stamped "2" in her neck. Looks to have been done long ago, just wondered if this was typical for a counter or what the other use it might have been. Was this common or just someone with too much time on their hands?

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    ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    I do not know much about countermarked coins, but that is cool. I have some that I am not sure of myself. I wonder if there are any catalogs for such? -Dan
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    1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭✭
    The 1884 cent has two obverse types. Yours is obv 2.

    Could be a collector wanted to permently identify this as obv2? image
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