1C - 1900 IHC with Neat Counterstamp - R M

Hi all,
I recently purchased this 1900 IHC from a coin shop in the Chinatown District of NYC. I have seen counterstamp coins but have never owned one. Looks ligit to me. Gentleman said he had it forever.

 

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Neato find. Price right?

 

That is cool, you never know who might have counter stamped that!

 

Kripes! No Brighton Beach find? Dang the bloody Russians........

 

Cool, I found a copper Lincoln with a small portrait of JFK as a CS

 

RM, does that mean Real Money?

A great counter stamped coin. They can be fun.

 

It looks like it has been there forever. The overall wear supports that thought. Nice find.

 

Could this have something to do with the 1900 election?? Think about those initials

 

How do you get "R M" out pf McKinley and Bryan?

 

Roosevelt/McKinley?

 

I was thinking Re-elect OR Roosevelt
Mckinley yea? If it looks orig. to the coin.
Just throwing it out there

 

I would put my money on it being there a long time.

 

When you say it "looks ligit" (legit), what do you mean exactly?

Yeah, it is a counterstamp. It is damage. Unless you know who punched or why, it is meaningless. In my opinion, it is severely damaged.

 

Interesting idea, but why would they put the VP candidate 1st? McKinley was a sitting president during the 1900 election, and Roosevelt was just some guy who had not yet built the reputation and aura that he earned while being president.