I don't know what you mean by "caught quicker" Pi man. There were a lot of legitimate apothecaries or druggists in those days but their "science"...
Your "Rudolph" has a pretty wide range of prices Pi man. Sometimes you can get them for $100, other times 2 or 3 hundred or more. This one is the...
Not a bad price sd. Nice clean stamp with a date and initials. Congrats! Bruce
SPP: I had four personal stamps made for me over the years that I apply to modern coins as well as older U.S. culls. If you're interested in...
I never found counterfeit counterstamps to be a problem recognizing. Generally there's at least one red flag, in most cases several, that give it...
Congrats on your first buy sd. If there's anything else I can help you with don't hesitate to ask. Best of luck to you. Bruce
Hey, who knows willieboyd it may have been carried by Leon or Eddie. You got to love those two guys...thumbing their noses at each other. Sounds...
You're probably thinking of the French counterstamp "Le Picotin Aperitif" Jeff. There are broken "P" and normal "P" varieties. I have an example...
Looks to be a prepared punch sd but sometimes hard to tell. The "Brim" stamp is unlisted and probably can't be identified but for $12 why not....
Nice token willyboyd. Thanks for the picture and the history behind it. I love the history that these old tokens are a part of. Bruce
I don't but I have many loose Wheaties that I might start circulating again...good idea Peter. Oh by the way, I think I just got one of your...
Do you remember the exact caption on your Wizard coin Collect? Was it just the word "Wizard"? I do remember you posting the Large Cent on C/T...
The general thinking seems to be that a huge number of coins, nearly a quarter of a million, we're stamped in 1884. I don't know what sources were...
The Houck's counterstamp is one of the more popular ones mackwork. I have one in my collection but followed this one on eBay just out of...
Maybe Kentucky...I really don't remember anything.:D Bruce
I guess if you were beat with a steel punch like my coin was you'd turn to drinking Bing. :devil:...
It's tough to put a value on counterstamps sd because there are no price guides. You only get a sense of value after seeing what different types...
I don't like that as a bidder C-B-D, but it would be beneficial to a seller. I bid a lot on Steve Hayden's token auctions and he continues his...
The fun for me in collecting conterstamps is the research I do on the undocumented ones. Each one is a little history lesson waiting to be...
Coins definitely get lonely bk. I left a new counterstamp pickup on my desk overnight...ALL BY ITSELF! The next morning the 2x2 was soaked in...
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