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On the Rich Hartzog site ("OH in Small Serrated Rectangle") but I can't find much other info.
Keep? Sell for a million $$? Spend?
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Don't spend...lol Decent looking quarter. Guess it's good that it's not a small date with a counterstamp.
Good 7070 candidate for someone.
It's a HO coin, popular in Western taverns before the silver dollar got popular....
I know nothing about it, but from the style I would guess it is pre-Civil War.
Nice.
Sell for a million.
I like it!
I think you should donate it to someone from Ohio. Hint........😉
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
It might be a hallmark for the silversmith Henry Oakes.
He was active in Hartford, CT from 1830-42.
And he was preceded by Frederick Oakes Sr., who used a serrated outline in his hallmarks.
It's not shown as a known hallmark on the Initials page, though.
https://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_O.html
I collect just that sort of thing! Happy to take it off your hands for its current value..😊
Almost certainly a silversmith's hallmark.
Sorry but I can't agree at all.
Except for coins that would have had a lot of numismatic premium without the counterstamp, many or even most coins with a recognized counterstamp have a significant premium relative to their unstamped value.
For example, a common bust half with a Houcks Panacea counterstamp is worth several hundred dollars or more. And a common Indian head cent with a G G Wilkins counterstamp will go for $30 or $40. Etc., etc.
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Love it. Love coins with a story to dream about. I'd certainly keep it.
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Now that is something I can
easily agree with.
There may even have been a time when I felt they were just damaged coins, but there is often so much history wrapped up in them that I gave in.
Very nice and a keeper. I have a binder for pieces just like that! Peace Roy
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I would have purchased it for my collection of counterstamps.
Nice one
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The value of counterstamps is in the eye of the beholder. Some are interesting but many are not.
Counterstamps are interesting, and often impart history to a coin...There certainly is interest among the collecting community, substantiated by the fact that there is a catalog and other reference sites. I would keep any I came across and might purchase interesting ones. I have a couple already... Cheers, RickO
Is it OH or HO?
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
No way to know for sure unless you can positively attribute it. Based on the style of the letters though, if I had to bet, I'd say it is "HO" rather than "OH."
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In my experience on eBay, vintage marks like this (probably an early metal smith), even when unattributed, go for a little money. No way to know for sure but I can see it going on a decent day for between $20 and $40 as is.
As I said above, Rich Harzog's site says it's an "OH in small serrated rectangle":
http://richhartzog.com/art/cmb.htm
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Makes sense, not many HOs in numismatics
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
You need two more and then place them all in a frame horizontally next to each other.
But, there used to be a lot of HO's working for coins, back in the day.....today a bit more pricey. I wonder how far back you need to go to find a HO working for coin. In the 60's, when I was young, a straight date at Moonlight Ranch was $5....in silver dollars.
bob
That's a tentative OH at best as the Hartzog listing is a mostly an index listing of Brunk. A further exploration of the Brunk catalog listing notes that the only examples reported have been on U.S. and British copper. Since those c/s are not illustrated in Brunk any thought that this c/s is the same as the listed pieces (and thus be a Brunk interpreted OH) would be speculative.