Hi, I recently found a 1964 nickel with a large 2 stamped on both sides of it and was wanting to know if anyone had any information about this coin or had ever seen or heard of such a thing.
Thanks for the fast response, I don’t know a lot about coin collecting and not familiar with that term, could you elaborate a little bit more on it?
Someone used a metal stamp to mark both sides of the coin with a "2". Counter stamp just means a stamping on the metal after the coin was minted. Not something that was done at the mint.
Ok thank you, that is pretty interesting. What do you think would be the purpose of someone doing that to it?
Once was a popular attraction for the knickknack crowd. Lincoln cents with Kennedy profile stamp. Or sometimes outlines of states, or even Masonic symbols….. Don’t see them as often these days but ultimately only the person that added the stamp could tell you the significance of his stamp.
First, welcome to the neighborhood! Purpose? You'd have to ask the person who did it. These were made by an acquaintance of mine who retired from the Philly Mint. Chinese merchants used to mark silver coins with their own unique chopmark. You can find a set of state outlines on the internet.
As mentioned above, only the person who stamped the number could tell you why. Counter stamps are done to commemorate something or create a pocket piece, or a myriad of other reasons. I have some that were counter stamped to create a love token.
Just for the fun of it. Welcome to Coin Talk. Your coin is a damaged coin due to it being stamped with a #2. It is not a Counter-stamped coin, A counter-stamped coin is a coin that has been re-struck with a different nominal value 'counter' to what it was originally struck with. This is not done any more so the term Counter-struck is used as a blanket term for any coin that has been struck with some type of die punch, as in numbers, letters and shapes. It is a misnomer but most people know what is meant by its use, It is just an irritant to those who collect true counter-struck coins.
This is a stamped coin. It is now a novelty item. This is a coin that has been altered with a type of artwork that is called 'Repousse". It too is now a novelty item. And this one is a counter-stamped coin. Its value has bee reduced from 80 to 40 Reis. It is a numismatic item and has value as such.
Back in the 17th & '18 century some of the coins were marked for ownership, trade, and business. During the mid 1900's the fad was to hole or charm them as jewelry. Good question, welcome to CT. Keep those post coming.
Well, that coin was the second one I stamped, so a 2 made sense. LOL Just kidding, but welcome to Coin Talk.
It’s some sort of a counter stamped coin. It’s collectible but the coin is damaged. Photos would be nice. With only a number face value is all it’s good for.
Tool rooms used to mark coins like this. They called them a tool chet. The worker would leave one for each tool he needed from the tool room. At the end of the day they knew who they gave any missing tools to.
