I think he just missed it, NOS. I never saw anything suggesting otherwise. BTW, the counterfeits were discovered by a local coin collector for...
The picture above by scottishmoney shows one of the major diagnostics...the defective left leg of the R in Pluribus. There are others too, but...
Henning was an engineer who apparently made his own dies...that's why there are a few different dates and varieties. He made thousands of them and...
Concert tickets are interesting to collect. I have a pair of old tickets from a Steppinwolf concert in Cherry Hill NJ in the early 70's. Never...
Could you show us a picture of the whole coin both sides for perspective? It's hard to get a sense of the coin with such small close-up pictures,...
ExoMan has been trying to convince me for a long while that the Rudolph counterstamps aren't California issues. While I'm not totally on board,...
Interesting information about the Elephant Tokens. Many thanks for discussing it here. I had a certified (PCGS I think) example years ago when I...
I've seen a number of coins with engraved masks, including several UK pennies with the Queen wearing a mask. Don't like people trying to profit...
I'm not sure a signed or unsigned example of a diesinker's work is very significant. Some never signed any of their work, others just a few while...
E.S. does stand for Emil Sigel the New York diesinker. Most of his sugned dies are done so with his initials but at times signed as E. Sigel. Bruce
These coins were stamped by the Winston-Salem Coin Club as souvenirs. Not sure of the exact history of them but it may have been in the 70's. I...
I have a whole bunch of barnyard animals on coins...all counterstamped of course.:D Here's a duck on an 1853 S/L Quarter. Bruce[ATTACH]
The center one looks like a camel, Eugene, but the others are mythical critters I think.:) Bruce
Running dog (counterstamp) on an 1859 Indian Head Cent. Bruce[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Stibbs is a known Counterstamp, but unattributed. Brunk lists three examples but none on an 1853 Latge Cent. There's also an H.Tibbs stamp known...
YIKES! This is the "ugliest" thread of all time on CT. I love it. Keep 'em coming.:eek: Bruce
Oh, this is a beauty! Only $110,000 and free postage...I better hurry, only a few more days to bid.:D Bruce
Thanks, wlw. Please see my PM. Bruce
With only initials your chances of attributing one is next to impossible. If yoy have initials (first and middle name) and a last name spelled out...
Just someone's initials I'm sure. It wasn't unusual to omit the period from the last initial as it represented a surname. There are thousands of...
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