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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1012811, member: 22729&quot;]Beautiful find Matt!&nbsp; I would have paid what you did for it, probably a lot more. You&#039;re right, a counterstamp collector would pay a nice premium for this piece. Two grand might be stretching it a bit, but $1,500 is a reasonable possibility. Counterstamps on these old Bust Dollars are rare, and it would sell easily to the right collector. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve seen this coin somewhere before on the internet, but don&#039;t remember when or where. I may have reported this to Brunk already (as I do for all new finds) so it should appear in his new addition when it comes out in the next year or two. I&#039;ll check my records to see if I did for sure, and if I didn&#039;t, I will now. Just a simple listing with him and Russ Rulau would guarantee a jump in value. Unfortunately, this one would be hard to attribute because of the common last name. I have a feeling this may be a personal &quot;pocket piece&quot; rather than an advertising stamp, because of the style of the lettering and the large denomination coin chosen. If it were meant to advertise a business, it would probably be punched on a large cent, half cent, or something similar. They were the workhorses of American coinage, and so more effective as an advertising medium.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Congrats again, a great find!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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