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Counterstamp / Countermark guys? W. L. Brecht?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Picked this up today and I've found a few vague leads but nothing solid. Counterstamped dollars themselves seem to be few and far between.

Any information appreciated.


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  • EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭✭✭

    FYI and in case you don't have the book, Brunk does not list it, so this counterstamp was unknown to him.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:
    Counterstamped dollars themselves seem to be few and far between. >

    You can say that again... Neat! :)

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks, guys. It was one of those things where you did a double-take, then reached for your wallet :)

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  • wevwev Posts: 156 ✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2017 7:57PM

    Quite possibly William Laurain Brecht (1851-1904), founder of the Flint Brick and Coal Company, Des Moines IA --- his first dollar earned?

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @wev said:
    Quite possibly William Laurain Brecht (1851-1904), founder of the Flint Brick and Coal Company, Des Moines IA.

    Saw that on a google attempt. Date seems right, but it's not exotic or fascinating enough for my imagination ;)

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe William Junior tried to deface his fathers pocket piece before he spent it? ;)

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:

    @wev said:
    Quite possibly William Laurain Brecht (1851-1904), founder of the Flint Brick and Coal Company, Des Moines IA.

    Saw that on a google attempt. Date seems right, but it's not exotic or fascinating enough for my imagination ;)

    What would be exotic or fascinating enough? :)

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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,075 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe most of the text list in the Brunk book has been online for awhile, at:
    exonumia.com/art/cma.htm
    and as EXOJUNKIE said, W.L. BRECHT is not on this list.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder why all the scratches on the reverse across the stamp.... seems like a weak effort to deface the stamp. Cheers, RickO

  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The scratches look to be under the name.

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @grip said:
    The scratches look to be under the name.

    Yep. From what I can tell, the damage is under the stamp, as if the artist was trying to plane off a flat surface for their mark.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty cool Weiss!

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  • ghighghigh Posts: 54 ✭

    @Weiss said:

    @grip said:
    The scratches look to be under the name.

    Yep. From what I can tell, the damage is under the stamp, as if the artist was trying to plane off a flat surface for their mark.

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