A few new purchases: Counterstamped/Engraved....

savoyspecial · December 18, 2008 9:48AM

Picked up these three at a local B&M that gets some nice exonumia:

Regarding the last piece, I'm trying to establish that this is the piece once in Maurice Gould's collection of counterstamps. He was a pioneer in researching c/s pieces when few cared

from Gould:

Also, Ebay smiled on me this week as I have this on it's way from Australia (seller's pics)

STONE · December 18, 2008 9:52AM

That's some really cool stuff there

My favorite is the 1874 Half Dollar, but all are uber cool

FatMan · December 18, 2008 9:52AM

What's not to love. Cool coins.

ricko · December 18, 2008 10:34AM

Very interesting... I have always been interested in counterstamped coins... they carry an air of personal history. Cheers, RickO

lordmarcovan · December 18, 2008 10:39AM

Dude, you'd better watch it, 'cause you're slippin' into "you suck" territory with some of this stuff.

That '74 Seated half is a jawdropper, and since it also happens to be a very tidy "PQ" holey, if you ever wanted to be rid of it you know who to ask- I'd buy that one from you any day.

The Queen Anne piece is very, very appealing to me. I have a thing for Anne's coins anyway. Looks like somebody died on December 8, 1816, at age 21. Interesting that the coin was already over a century old when it got engraved. (Anne ruled from 1702 to 1714, Litesiders). Is it a shilling or halfcrown? I can't judge the scale. I would like to see the reverse, too. What's the host coin date?

Very nicely done.

Speaking of holey coins, and other "damaged" pieces:

It's not engraved or counterstamped, but I just negotiated a new addition for my Holey Gold Hat a few minutes ago.

This one has an important pedigree for holeys, being from D. Thigpen, who's the true "King Of Holey Coins", though a lot of people have stuck that title on me just 'cause I happen to wear mine. Thiggy was selling some holey gold on the BST for charity, and I didn't have a $5 on the hat- my biggest US gold holey was a $3 piece. I'd have felt good about buying this one even if it wasn't going to a charitable cause.

Hats off to you, Thiggy! (Pun intended.)

I've got the $5- now I need to get a $10 and a $20 someday, to round out my US gold holeys. Need a Charlotte and Dahlonega coin, too. Thiggy had an 1851-C gold dollar up for sale but I just couldn't afford it right now.

asheland · December 18, 2008 2:38PM

I could swear I have seen these coins before!

engraved · December 18, 2008 3:02PM

Hi Greg,

That half is very cool. I bet you're doing a bit of digging on the owner. I was watching that Queen Anne. Nice pickup. Finally, is that "Merchant Counterstamps on American Silver Coins" that you are using to look up the Gould coin?

savoyspecial · December 18, 2008 8:58PM

engraved, yes that is the Gould source i'm using.....and i traded with the B&M shop and both sides were happy.....i gave up some items that should be much more liquid to obtain these offbeat esoteric pieces

and Terry (asheland) is being tongue in cheek here......we both live in the same part of the country and i KNOW for a fact he has seen them before

thanks for the comments everyone

tydye · December 18, 2008 11:35PM

The Lucy Law is really cool.

habaraca · December 18, 2008 11:42PM

Thanks for sharing.

I bet you have one FANTASTIC collection.

Care to share any you have on Bust coinage?

Thanks

engraved · December 18, 2008 11:49PM

That 1868 piece is most likely Gould's but there could be more than one or a fake could have been made. However, it does look original from the wear/patina/dirt. One source to check on is the Gould auctions from around 1976. Sol Taylor auctioned off Gould's collection in 2 auctions and these piece very well could have been in these auctions. I've been (passively) looking for a copy of these catalogs. You could also check with Sol himself and see if he remembers it or has records of who won it though this is probably a long shot.

SeattleSlammer · December 19, 2008 12:30AM

Extremely cool. "South Brooklyn".....nice!

asheland · December 19, 2008 10:03AM

Yes, those are cool coins. I usually see them as Ronnie gets them. I especially like the one you got at the show with the engraving in the center.
I think you have it posted on these forums somewhere.
Take care.

coinpictures · December 19, 2008 10:10AM

That Queen Anne piece is WAY friggin' cool!

lordmarcovan · January 10, 2009 11:18AM

The Alexander Reid half kicks ass.

AUandAG · January 10, 2009 11:54AM

Wow, gotta love those as they actually meant something to someone besides
a way to buy bread!

bob

JRocco · January 10, 2009 12:22PM

South Brooklyn

heavymetal · January 11, 2009 8:59AM

Here is a Modern Crap version of a counter stamp coin.HM

A few new purchases: Counterstamped/Engraved....

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