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How about a cut, countermarked, and chopmarked coin? (1808-11) India Madras Presidency 1/2 Pagoda. Struck under the authority of the British East India Company for the Madras Presidency, using a cut-… (View Post)

Ha, I was certainly surprised as well, especially given how long it had been since the actual auction. The placement doesn't mean anything to my knowledge, though there may have been some preference … (View Post)

This was my first 'serious' chopmarked coin, an 1811 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Came off of HA's Make Offer to Owner program from a sale seven years prior, and kickstarted the type set I've been workin… (View Post)

I agree that these are modern ink marks, I heard about a company in China that was adding modern ink stamps to otherwise genuine, but typically heavily chopmarked, Eight Reales, claiming they added &… (View Post)

I guess that's just how nice of a coin it is, to make me look in a different direction. :D (View Post)