It might be an abbreviation for "patented" as in Patented, April..... 1861(?) I've seen some strange ways to indicate a patent date, and I think...
That's exactly what I do Joseph. I bid my max and see what happens. So far I've been pretty successful doing it that way. Bruce
That's a nice one Joseph. I've always wanted a few examples of encased postage but just never bought one. I hadn't thought about them in sometime...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Here's two more counterstamps...on modern coins. These were issued by the Western Reserve Numismatic Club of Cleveland, Ohio to...
The coin's copper Derick. I forget the size and weight of it off hand, but it's about the size of a U.S. Large Cent. The man I bought it from is a...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Here's one of my most recent pickups Derick. Can't tell what coin it's struck on but looks early U.S. colonial. This one's from...
Thanks Siggi, sounds good. BTW, have you been in contact with Mark anytime recently? I haven't been able to contact him and he hasn't posted here...
Welcome to C/T Max. Can you post a better picture showing more detail of your token? I really can't make out too much with these pictures. Thanks....
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] I generally don't buy counterstamps in this condition, but did this time because of the importance of the issuer. The...
Holy moly moly holy batman cave ins? Geez Siggi you're really fired up...for good reason. Beautiful coin! Congrats. Bruce
Hi Siggi, good to hear from you again. You always have a lot of interesting things to share with us so when we don't hear from you for awhile we...
Nice set of tokens Collect. I especially like the daredevil piece. Bruce
Love those CWTs brg. Have you ever bought any from Steve Hayden? He always has some outstanding pieces to auction off on his site. I don't collect...
The Celluoid Starch Co. was founded in 1886 by S.H. Read to market a new type of starch. Later, they had offices in New York City as well as in...
Ken, let's not forget a sawbuck ($10) and double sawbuck or a Jackson ($20). I hoid of all of them...but then again I'm old...er, seasoned. :D Bruce
I like the Mel Wacks counterstamps 19Lyds...Yeah, I like all counterstamps, but Wacks' are well done. I only have one myself but will probably...
Sounds like you did just fine sticking with the Bullwinkel glass dwhiz. It seems to me that a lot of those Potty Dollars are poorly made but good...
I don't have a proof 1 oz. but I have a set of what they called "Aloha Money" made by the mint in the 90's. They do nice work and have turned out...
A large number of counterstamps are one-of-a-kind Brian, so it's not surprising that you didn't find another like it. Counterstamp collectors are...
I did have a chance to search around a bit Brian but couldn't find any gunsmith named E. Kendall. The closest was Nicanor Kendall who was a...
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