Very interesting. But what about the odd 12½¢ value? By that point in time, the ½¢ had ceased to be struck for over half a century. I am aware of...
I think in the first part he lists only those C/Ms which can be attributed to a country with reasonable certainty. In the index (second part),...
The "bible" of countermarked coins is Greg Brunk's 2003 book. Rich Harzog has made a list of all C/Ms recorded by Brunk. Yours seems to be...
Yes, I think they have to be clips as well, and it would make perfect sense given the "hive" pattern in which the blanks are punched. By the way,...
I have exactly the same situation on this 1980 cent. I saw it only after taking the picture, otherwise I would have taken it out of the 2X2. Look...
There's an important difference, though, between ancient and modern counterfeits. Ancient ones were introduced into circulation and could be...
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