1857 "RUDOLPH" dime.

Yes ExoMan, Jesus does rock! I'd like to give your wonderful wife an 'Amen' for her little hobby. The world needs more like her!

 

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Thanks, Steve. She's constantly baking cookies and other goodies for neighbors, doctors' offices, store personnel, etc., etc. She loves showing appreciation for others who are considerate around us; this, even more so than my former three wives.

 

Absolutely! I'm not saying the RUDOLPH c/s's absolutely aren't from California, It's simply that, given what I'm seeing, the purely circumstantial evidence favors the Delaware attribution. Add to this the fact that counterstamped coins were far more likely to be found in the eastern than the western states.

Many a c/s issuer, jewelers and silversmiths in particular, utilized more than one stamp in their business. Below appears a J.F. RUDOLPH stamp on the underside handle of a silver spoon. Note the similar letter style to that on the coins (note the similar foot on the "L" pointing outward).




So, if the c/s issuer was J.F., why didn't he use that stamp on the coins as opposed to the plainer RUDOLPH stamp? The simplest answer, as I see it, is that the initials, along with the surname, wouldn't fit on smaller coins which were used to promote word-of-mouth advertising. That's my theory in a nutsheLL.

 

Nothing interesting here. Found this myself as a youngster, and kept it.
I knock numbers like this in keys 2, 3 times a month, so it's nothing special, but it's punched.

 

Well, it sounds to me that you've found your 'soulmate'. 4th time was your charm! Good luck to your future.