No, they're incuse longnine. Often with a scan counterstamps will look raised, but this is a photograph. I stopped scanning counterstamps a long...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are two more Irish political stamps, these issued to promote the Nationalist cause of a united Irish free state. The "IRA"...
If only it were that simple.:( Bruce
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are two political counterstamps from my collection of Irish pieces. Both promote the Loyalist goal of a united Ireland as...
Your token is definitely a Hard Times issue zesty. Nice piece. Bruce
Nice political pieces mackwork. The second was obviously holed some time after being struck. With the hole it's definitely Anti-Bryan. Political...
Nice clean CWT brg. I always had a "thing" for these historical pieces. Bruce
Impressive errors OEG! Good to have you here on CT and please post some more "goodies". Bruce
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Two more "booze" tokens I found in my stash. The reverse die of the Payton's token was cut by Meyer & Wenthe...
Holy ship...I love it!! :D Bruce
Easy guys, this is a family-oriented site. There will be no g------------g here. The big guy...and you know who that is...sees and knows all....
I'd pass Larry. The scratches on the face and behind the head are very distracting. Bruce
I love the eloquence of the article... "to prevent depredations"? Oh my! Bruce
Russ Rulau in his "Standard Catalog of United States Tokens, 1700-1900" (4th Edition / 2004) lists it as an R-5 also. History shows an example...
Nice medal dwhiz! I like the doubled fives and, of course, the bear. Bruce
Empty the box to make room for new ones and send them to me for "safekeeping".:D Bruce
I also think you did okay on the price Larry, especially for a slabbed example. I don't have any slabbed coins in my counterstamp collection but...
Now that's special Brandon. A Lovett store card. I guess his one is pre Civil War so not a CWT per se. I see that it's listed in Rulau but I'm not...
You're right PennyGuy, merchants couldn't be forced to make good on their tokens. Lindenmueler ran into problems in this regard but never redeemed...
Looks like Florida treated you well Brandon. Super pick ups! I especially like the Coventry Halfpenny. Bruce
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