Help identifying C.S. token and Counterstamps
sniocsu
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I have bought several tokens and C/S coppers over the last month. I was wondering if anyone could help me identify the token or possibly tell me about the counterstamps; i.e. are any listed and where these merchants may have operated. Thank you in advance!
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2. S.C. KETCHUM / S.C. KETCHUM J.W. EMORY , 1834 large cent
3. W.JENKS DERINGER PHILADELPHIA 1847 P U.S.N. , 1829 large cent
4. BOSTON , 1828 large cent
5. I. GUILD , 1801 large cent
1. ?
2. S.C. KETCHUM, J.W. EMORY not in an often helpful known list of counterstamps
http://www.exonumia.com/art/cma.htm
3. DERINGER is a known counterstamp (maker of the small revolver).
A forum member posted a bust half with DERINGER PHILA counterstamp about a year ago.
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=919324
W. JENKS is not in the above list of known counterstamps.
4. BOSTON is a known counterstamp
(but would be hard to look up with google!)
5. 1801 large cent.
"I. GUILD" is listed as a known counterstamp, on the page
http://www.exonumia.com/art/cmb.htm
It might be the maker's mark for the silversmith Isaac Guild:
<< <i>Isaac Guild
Born: 16 May 1794, Francestown NH
Marriage: Betsey Tracy on 28 Dec 1819
Died: 16 Aug 1854, Lowell MA
He worked from circa 1815 to 1839 as a silversmith in Francestown NH
Advertised in the New Hampshire Patriot (Francestown NH), 9 Feb 1824, offering silver spoons, thimbles, gold beads, rings, and spectacles.
Appointed from 1819 to 1839 as Town clerk and postmaster in Francestown NH >>
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/148360.htm
Which I looked up from
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/
www.brunkauctions.com
<< <i>Thank you for the info yosclimber! The C.S. token is smaller than a large cent... I really have no idea what it is. >>
Could be on a 2 cent planchet....
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