I have visited this website on many occasions. I've not seen a book though. It's an easy leap to assume that the RF marks are those of a...
Sorry, fellas, for my absence. Got hung up in a phone booth, I did .... Really, Bruce sent me a heads-up on this thread. Over the years, I've...
Short answer: "Yes." Chop marks were utilized by Chinese merchants to establish the legitimacy of foreign coins circulating there. This is but one...
I was just in the process of doing a search for some counterstamp info and stumbled upon this old thread. Upon reading it through, I thought I'd...
Interesting stamps, these. The first one looks like a difficult maverick to me. The BRATTLE HOUSE c/s is one that I've seen before. I contemplated...
Cool item, Bruce! I'm guessing that's blood on the hand, signifying a violent group, perhaps?
It looks to me like the arrow is directing Lady Britannia toward the ocean .... "take a leap, my dear." The king was obliterated by the punches....
Looks like the stamper's goal was to eradicate the Royal side, and he/she succeeded. Seeing the piece in this context juices the history.
Been there, done that ....
The host coin for the Polhemus c/s is a British shilling, not a quarter, and no 1816 quarters were made. My guess is that this piece will fetch...
Hi, Bruce. While I'd rather have an unscratched piece, of course, I bought the Pike piece for the history. A scratch doesn't negate that. With...
Picked up some cool pieces this past week .... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Good. You can have some fun then with buddies who are unfamiliar with these. Every once in a while, I'll show an unusual piece to a friend or...
These are modern, 1990's and later, fantasy pieces that are commonly seen at flea markets. Hope they didn't cost much.
Great pic with a cell phone, no less!
I've been collecting counterstamped coins forty years; these, along with other forms of exonumia. I enjoy attaching real life history to the...
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As a denomination, counterstamped double dimes are rarely encountered. Here are a few that found their way into my collection ... [ATTACH]...
Here are two recently acquired counterstamps. The first one is BOSWORTH, twice stamped on an 1896 eight real piece. Unlisted as yet, it was...
Got lucky on eBay last week and snagged this I.B.B. / ST. LOUIS / MO c/s on an 1839-O dime. Isaac B. Burbbayge worked between 1839-59 as an...
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