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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Moekeever, post: 3281601, member: 76158&quot;]Today I was looking through some of my large cents and came across this counterstamp 1838. I can&#039;t see well enough to tell what it said so I had my grandson look at it. He said it reads &quot;W. Levis&quot;. So we proceed to Google the name. Lots of information but few actual counterstamp coins. This is the only Large Cent so far. We found one&nbsp; foreign coin and one US 50c.&nbsp; Below is a bit of history on William Levi&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reposted from earlyunitedstatescoins </p><p>“W. LEVIS” on a 1834 B-1 (also known on an 1818 and 1825 quarter)</p><p><br /></p><p>William Levis who was born in 1785, was an early silversmith in Philadelphia PA. Before he died in 1842, he was listed in the 1832- 1833 city directories as a currier located at 292 Filbert St. and in 1836- 1837 as an oil &amp; leather merchant at No. 228 3rd Street. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found the same counterstamp on his silver. There is a banner counterstamp of his also.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried to identify the 1838. I&#039;m confident the reverse is J. The matched obverses are N-11,13 15 and 16. N-11 and 13 are the same so I&#039;m down to these three. I am leaning to N-16. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any help would be appreciated.</p><p>Moe[ATTACH=full]867509[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]867510[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]867511[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]867512[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]867513[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]867514[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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