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1800 1C Brunk-476 H. Whitcom, BN Nice Counterstamped Cent Earliest dated Piece
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nice!
BHNC #203
That's really cool. Would love to know the story about that. Have you tried to research H. Whitcom ?
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
thats neat looking
Very cool - I'd like to do early 19th counterstamps sometime.
Henry Whitcomb (1799-1886), jeweler and watchmaker in Adams NY c 1825-1880
See the June 2014 thread with several more examples of coins counterstamped with H. Whitcomb:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/919749/another-c-s-on-a-1807-50c-little-known-maker-o-105-r-5
"Henry Whitcomb came to Adams in 1804.
He was a jeweler of great ingenuity, and
few people in the vicinity cared to purchase a
timepiece that had not been approved by
Henry Whitcomb. He was exact to a
moment in his calculation of time, and for
many years he regulated the time of the
Rome and Watertown Railroad with great
precision. He married Miss Clarinda Holley,
and resided in Adams over sixty years. He
died in Detroit in 1886."
Or see Smitty's 2011 thread with older photos of the same large cent.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/816279/really-neat-counterstamped-1796-large-cent/p1
Nice counterstamp.... and good to tie in the history... Cheers, RickO
Perhaps he could not find a 1799 cent for his birth year so he used an 1800?