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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 4408360, member: 74863&quot;]Lighten up! Everyone knows that typed words lose the meaning verses saying them. I speak from my heart, not spouting off. </p><p><br /></p><p>I love counterstamps. It&#039;s that simple. They are fascinating to me. Unfortunately I don&#039;t know the history but that doesn&#039;t change anything. History would only make it more valuable and there are things more important than value. I could say a lot more but I&#039;ll refrain.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I say &quot;no apparent damage&quot; I was not talking about the counterstamp, I meant that the coin has no rim nicks, no cuts or scrapes, etc. A counterstamp is damage but it&#039;s more than defacing a coin. You should know that.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the reverse, it&#039;s worn and like a lot of Half Dimes, it&#039;s wear. I don&#039;t think the counterstamp on the obverse is deep enough to cause what you see on the reverse. I&#039;ve seen a large number of coins with the same wear and no marks of any kind on the opposite side. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you would feel different if you had the coin in hand. Perhaps not. I only know what I like and why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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