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Here are two... show me yours!
bob


50 years apart..

bob


50 years apart..

Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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The counterstamp I own ... because it is a political token now.

Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?0 -
Nice one Bill.... I only have chopmarked coins.... Cheers, RickO0
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My grandfather worked for Fisher Body (though the coin is not from him).
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I found this typewriter counterstamp to be interesting...obsolete coin, obsolete technology (typewriter), obsolete advertising technique.
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Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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An 1824 Washington-LaFayette medalette counterstamped on a filed-down Matron Head large cent. Rare--only ca. 12 are known. They were allegedly thrown from carriages in General LaFayette's procession to the crowds that lined the streets of the towns through which the general passed. Examples are also known on an 1824 dime, two half dollars, an 1807 half cent, a one real, and a two reales piece. Small medals of this same design are also known in gold, silver, and white metal.
Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA
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Realone's Bust half was counterstamped by the same folks who did my French Colonies sou, apparently.

PS- I love that Walker with the Fisher coach on it. That's sexy for a 20th century counterstamp!Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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I don't find them too often with only my last name, but I try to buy them when they do.
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Couple I owned for a short while.


One I really liked, and had a bit of a hard time parting with...
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one of my favorites.....
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Mexico. War of Independence. Insurgent Emergency coinage.
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Not my coin:

but really cool history behind these counterstamps.3 -

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The post right above mine.
I've never seen a counterstamped Chain Cent. (that I recall)0 -
It's not a chain cent, but...
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These are the most commonly seen on CBH's, but are also known on CBQ's, $1's, and gray/dark side silver which was still circulating at the time.
1835 Capped Bust Quarter "Houck's Panacea Baltimore" Maryland, Counterstamp, HT-140, Rarity-7.
This is a newly discovered date as up until now none have been known dated beyond 1819 on a capped bust quarter.
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Here's one of Dave Bowers 1961-62 circa HK-854A White Metal Continental Dollar SC$1 re-strikes counter stamped with his Empire Coin Company store card during his early days with partner Jim Ruddy. The store card obverse motif is copied from the 1787 IMMUNIS COLUMBIA copper and the reverse from a $5 gold coin of 1795 these being the Empire Coin Company trademark. The obverse states Empire Coin Company Inc. and the reverse Professional Numismatists.
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That Chain Cent is cool! >>
i like the texas commem.
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That's it??? 27 coins is all???
bob
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<< <i>My grandfather worked for Fisher Body (though the coin is not from him).
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Never saw that Fisher Body one before, and I grew up in the Detroit area near a Fisher Body plant.Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.0 -
<< <i>one of my favorites.....
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That one has to take the prize for most characters in the counterstamp!Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.0 -
Some day I hope to have a regulated coin like these from US Rare Coin Investments:

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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1825
Bust $1/2
O-101
"G.H."
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first if a few
Frank
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1824
O-101
"TAMALLO" with the L's reversed.
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Probably a combination counterstamp/love token:
1814
O-103
Obv: JH R
Reverse: J. 9th 1850 21yrs
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1825
O-116
R-3
Countermark
Not advertising, unless they worked for a pipe company
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1864 Large Motto
two Cent
"J.H.D"
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Frank
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1861
Seated Half Dollar
"G.W. Hamilton"
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with some additional engravingFrank
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1858
Seated quarter
"G.S. Prindle DDH"
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1824
Bust $1/2
O-115
"FANCHE"
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more?Frank
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1827
Bust $1/2
O-122a
"PA CAL"
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no idea why these are going to the far right.
Unless it is just me.Frank
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Last for now:
1834
Bust $1/2
O-107
"R.L.M."
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Frank
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"A.G." counterstamped within a wide-toothed rectangular depression on a U.S. 1807 Large Cent, HT-A458, R9, Unique, Ex-Dr. Sol Taylor collection, Brunk plate coin. Brunk states this isn't a mark of a silversmith, pewterer, or gunsmith. The stamp remains unattributed but is assigned to the Hard Times era by Brunk.
I'm addicted to exonumia ... it is numismatic crack!
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1833 Bust Half $:
"EK"
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1832 Bust $1/2"
"EK"
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Question on counter-stamps: is there a way to tell that a counter-stamp is original? Original meaning, it is "old" and not freshly stamped? I'd think that if there is patina/toning on a coin that is counterstamped, it would stay on the coin, making it difficult to determine how long ago the counter-stamp was performed......any thoughts on this?
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