Upon seeing this one, I liked the idea of acquiring a “new world” era Spanish-American coin that was countermarked. Sure, it’s rather slick and holed, but I was able to figure out its details. It was labeled as a British coin. Not perfectly round, with an average diameter of about 28.6mm. Weighs in at 5.6g. Countermarks are a 2 and what looks like JR or maybe more likely JB. Any thoughts on the countermarks or the coin in general?
Not a British coin IMHO , to me stamping looks more like chop marks but someone here will be able to attribute it.
The actual make/model is in the title of the post. I was just pointing out that it was labeled (incorrectly) as a British coin by the seller.
There's a CT thread about an 1807/6 US cent with a JB counterstamp, but, alas, their conclusion was no one knew anything about it either. JB counter stamp | Coin Talk. It is interesting that both are from coins from very roughly the same era. An 1826 large cent with a JB countermark sold at Great Collections in 2019, but, other than noting the countermark, they said nothing about it. 1826 Matron Cent With "J.B." Countermark ANACS AG-3 (Item 704694) | GreatCollections Coin Auctions
I suggest you set your sights on a counterstamped coin from Spain's New World colonies, as these are issued by a legitimate administrative authority and generally add some value to the host coin. Here's an example from my collection. It was counterstamped by British authorities for use in Jamacia as 6 Shilling 8 Pence.
I fully understand that sometimes we make compromises to collect a coin we really want in our collection when one is available at a reasonable cost. Here's an example from my collection of one with some graffiti that has lost it's meaning over time.
