See picture 1909 Quarter with stamped Ford

Quarter1822 · January 24, 2014 5:15AM

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coindeuce · January 24, 2014 5:20AM

Now that is really cool Tim. I wonder if it was counter stamped by Ford personnel as part of a promotion. If not, someone went to a lot of effort to make that block punch in the trademarked script of their brand.

MsMorrisine · January 24, 2014 5:39AM

That's a keeper

CaptHenway · January 24, 2014 6:26AM

Those are relatively common. I found two or three Ford counterstamped coins when I started collecting coins in Detroit circa 1960, but to the best of my knowledge (including years at Collectors Clearinghouse) nobody has ever found out who made them or why.

Unknown · January 24, 2014 6:31AM

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Treashunt · January 24, 2014 8:18AM

<< There are at least two on ebay right now, for cheap. >>

yup, a bunch, including some Barbers

Billet7 · January 24, 2014 8:26AM

That is a Ford stamp that is worth a bit more than most, since it is from a bold unbroken punch. Most of the ones seen have a broken f. It is thought that the stamps such as this, with thicker unbroken letters, comes from Ford Motor Company, and the more common ones are repunches or knock-offs...still worth a bit, but not a lot.

Billet7 · January 24, 2014 8:29AM

Rumor is that there was an advertisment that said if you found a ford stamp on such and sucn a coin you could win a new car...IIRC.

ricko · January 24, 2014 9:01AM

I saw a similar one at a coin show in Seattle about seven years ago.... Cheers, RickO

ebaybuyer · January 24, 2014 1:49PM

I would be skeptical of that "F" ... it should look like this

illini420 · January 24, 2014 2:04PM

Pretty neat, I like it!!

Hope it's not a 1909-O quarter

CaptHenway · January 24, 2014 2:44PM

<< I would be skeptical of that "F" ... it should look like this

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Completely different application. Why should the one resemble the other?

Quarter1822 · January 24, 2014 3:50PM

<< Pretty neat, I like it!!

Hope it's not a 1909-O quarter

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It's 1909-p

Dentuck · January 24, 2014 9:12PM

<< Rumor is that there was an advertisment that said if you found a ford stamp on such and sucn a coin you could win a new car...IIRC. >>

The urban legend you're thinking of is probably the one that circulated in the early 1900s: If you collect four dimes with mintmarks that
spell out F-O-R-D, you'll win a free Ford automobile. Of course, such a collection is impossible!

Dentuck · January 24, 2014 9:14PM

Sometimes in the 1900s a company would issue its payroll in silver dollars stickered
with a promotional statement, along the lines of "This coin is part of Ford Motor Co.
salaries at work in our community" (made-up example). The theory was that they'd
be a tangible illustration of the positive effect the company had in the local economy.

ebaybuyer · January 24, 2014 11:33PM

"Completely different application. Why should the one resemble the other? " <<<< because that's the actual logo. the F on the quarter is not the correct style therefore I would find it suspect.

ebaybuyer · January 25, 2014 12:02AM

just doesn't make much sense that fomoco would create a different style of punch to use only on quarters, but perhaps they did, they used one style of punch for the tablewear at the plants, employee badges, tool tags, and everything else they stamped and a different one to stamp quarters with, I suppose its possible

Billet7 · January 25, 2014 12:08AM

There are various styles of punches, the fact that it's different doesn't really mean much, they stamped many of these over the course of many years, I don't imagine they are all from the same punch. They were also probably hand-machined punches, so variation would be expected

...after all why wouldn't the tag be the suspect punch?

MFH · January 25, 2014 3:46AM

<< That's a keeper >>

OldEastside · January 25, 2014 3:58AM

Thats pretty cool, almost the next best thing to owning a T

Steve

See picture 1909 Quarter with stamped Ford

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