Post your chopmarked/counter stamped coins!

A beautiful coin, jgenn, and neatly counterstamped. I wonder what the occasion was for the stamp. Birthday, marriage ? It's too bad the name is so common or you might be able to research it and find the issuer.

Bruce

 

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I did look through the Hong Kong juror records from 1866 to the early 20th Century (how cool that they are online) and did not find any Hunts listed. My guess it that it doesn't have a connection to Hong Kong that is easily uncovered.

 

Gin chopmark on reverse with additional merchant marks on both sides

 

Here is a couple more from my bag.

 

Dutch East India Company countermark for circulation on the island of Java.

 

Ottoman 40 para with c/s for Alibey Island

 

Kingdom of Portugal, 960 reis counterstamp on a Potosi 8 reales. These were issued in 1808 for circulation in the Minas Gerais Capitania, Brazil's principal gold mining region. According to the Banco Central do Brasil website, they were issued in conjunction with the prohibition of using gold dust for financial transactions to counter embezzlement from the mines. Unlike other counterstamps these were engraved on dies and struck in a screw press giving a strong impression to both sides.

 

Here's my last one I bought! Nice looking counterstamps up here!

 

Djibouti Abd al Latif c/s

 

That's an interesting one, fretboard. Looks like a company logo to me. Do you know anything about it?

Bruce

 

You have a nice group of counterstamped coins, jgenn. This one I like particularly. Very artistic designed stamp applied nicely. Very impressive!

Bruce

 

Hi Bruce,
No I don't know anything about it at all, just saw it liked it and pounced on it!

 

Here's some research on the Dutch East India Company countermark for circulation on the island of Java. Beware, some countermarks are possibly fraudulent.

 

There have been some very nice c/s coins posted here. I particularly like the Brazilian c/s on the spanish colonial (Potosi) 8 reales.
Various Brazilian c/s also exists on Santiago mint spanish colonials, and over Chilean Republic Volcano pesos. All very scarce and interesting to me as I collect Santiago mint coinage.

A few c/s coins in my collection:

English C/S (Georgius Rex) on a Peru Lima 1757 real for use in Jamaica:


Peru Republic 1822 peso with Spanish Royalist 1824 c/s. Struck by the last remaining Spanish Loyalist forces after their defeat in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the wars of independence.


Chilean Volcano peso 1834 with Spanish c/s (Isabel II, Queen of Spain) for use in the Philippines.

 

I thought I recognized your counterstamp so did a little digging. It's the logo for Mack Trucks. All trucks had a bulldog emblem as a hood ornament. This coin was probably stamped at a Mack factory with a punch used to stamp parts or equipment.

Interesting story behind the logo. Mack was founded in 1900 and provided a lot of trucks for the allies during World War 1. It was such a reliable vehicle that it became known as the "bulldog" by the British. The bulldog symbol wasn't adopted until the early 1920s though. A perfect fit for your coin, fretboard. BTW, the dog's name was Mack, of course.

Bruce

 

Appreciated, too cool! That's great information and you're quite the coin sleuth! Good for you, you brought the baby out of retirement for a quick dance!

 

I like these logo stamps, fretboard. I have a small number of them, some attributed, some not.

As for the dancing baby...I haven't seen that since my kids were babies. Had to laugh at that one.

Bruce

 

I bought this counterstamp several years ago but haven't been able to identify R.J. Soules with any degree of certainty. An added attraction to this one is that it's struck on a nice old 1856 S/L Half Dollar.

Bruce

 

Order of Malta 2 tari 1637, countermarks 1, 3 & 4.

 

Beautiful!