Lincoln Cent with "Washington's Headquarters" reverse

I will try to locate my NJ cents - I think (not sure) they may have come with a small card. I think it was a private effort (probabaly spearheaded by former ship's crew) to raise money to bring the sdhip to NJ after it was mothballed. I am sure I saw the ad for them in Coin World - probably the same year as on the coin. They must not have been expensive fort me to buy them (especially since I sprung for two). Based on the style of the strikes I assume they were done by the same person who did the first coin in this thread. I amnot aware of too many people (or any people) using that technique at that time (full overstrike on one side).

 

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I'd like to see the info if you can find it Jeff. I'm curious who made the dies for these two pieces. It seems likely that there are other similar stamps out there, probably cut by the same person or company. I'll keep my eye open for others.

Bruce

 

Here's a third Full obverse overstrike on a Lincoln Cent similar to the other two. These keep showing up on eBay but the sellers don't know anything about their origin. Due to the subject matter, it seems likely that they're from somewhere in Jersey. The Ocean City Coin Club is one of the larger and more active clubs in the state. I think I may try to contact them to see if I can get any info about their counterstamp. The obverse of this one is more distorted than the others, probably from a heavier strike. If anyone has any info in regard to these I'd appreciate your posting it. Thanks.

Bruce

 

wow nice, i like that :yes:

 

I came across my NJ counterstamped cents last week while packing up the contents of my old coin cabinet at my mother’s in preparation for her move to a new place. Before I packed them up I took a look at the materials that came with them. They were issued by an historical association dedicated to the Battleship New Jersey. They were from 1977.

The pricelist of souvenirs included “elongated cents” for $1 – I suspect but am not sure that these coins were considered to be the elongated coins.

Once I get everything moved and resettled I will get more details on the organization.

 

Thanks for the info Jeff. If you come up with anything else please let me know.

Bruce