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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ddddd, post: 5348297, member: 22377&quot;]It&#039;s cool that you got that one. I was watching it but decided not to bid in the end. The Cleveland is known for quite a few counterstamps. I could not find much information on the 1997. I used to own the better known one-1941 Western Reserve Numismatic Club shown below. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.greatcollections.com/image.php?id=ef45342d6eae2065548e13621cf74dfc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.greatcollections.com/image.php?id=87136c20c9d70f429df609b617d75c37" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an old thread (2003) about these:</p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/192614/help-me-out-commem-guys-cleveland-w-1941-counterstamp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/192614/help-me-out-commem-guys-cleveland-w-1941-counterstamp" rel="nofollow">https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/192614/help-me-out-commem-guys-cleveland-w-1941-counterstamp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a bit of info from PCGS:</p><p>&quot;In 1941 the Western Reserve Numismatic Club in Cleveland applied counterstamp dies to the obverse and reverse of 100 specimens of 1936 Cleveland half dollars, an observation of the 20th anniversary of the collecting group, 1921-1941. These were immediately popular and caused interest whenever they were subsequently offered for sale. In 1971 the same organization celebrated the 50th anniversary and had a single counterstamp die made, with a portrait captioned MOSES CLEVELAND, forgetting that the founder of the city spelled his name as Cleaveland! Only a dozen or so 1936 Cleveland half dollars were stamped in 1971.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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