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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7290076, member: 66"]How about an Ephram Brasher counterstamp on an otherwise common gold coin? Brassher had a job as a "regulator" who was to examine gold coins at the time, determine if they were of proper content, adjust them if needed and then mark them as a guarantee of value. There were also other "Regulators" including one other that used an EB counterstamp. Very few coins still survive today with these Regulator counterstamps.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Other than those that are just random testing of stamps, most of them were for advertising purposes. I don't know what the A. B. H. stands for but is quite possible that it might have been a business and L. P. Sanford was well known in his local community. In which case the counterstamp could be for advertising.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7290076, member: 66"]How about an Ephram Brasher counterstamp on an otherwise common gold coin? Brassher had a job as a "regulator" who was to examine gold coins at the time, determine if they were of proper content, adjust them if needed and then mark them as a guarantee of value. There were also other "Regulators" including one other that used an EB counterstamp. Very few coins still survive today with these Regulator counterstamps. Other than those that are just random testing of stamps, most of them were for advertising purposes. I don't know what the A. B. H. stands for but is quite possible that it might have been a business and L. P. Sanford was well known in his local community. In which case the counterstamp could be for advertising.[/QUOTE]
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