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<p>[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2129918, member: 22729"]Welcome to Coin Talk, kazuma. The main reference...and really the only comprehensive one... on counterstamps / countermarks is Greg Brunk's book <i>Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins.</i> It was published in 2003, so is a bit dated, but still very useful. He's presently working on a second edition that should come out in the next year or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>You find copies of the 2003 edition on ebay at times. You can also try Amazon or other book sellers online, as well as his publisher's website. The web address is <a href="http://www.exonumia.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.exonumia.com" rel="nofollow">www.exonumia.com</a>. His publisher is Rich Harttzog at World Exonumia Press in Rockford, IL. Another source would be Russ Rulau's series of catalogs on U.S. and foreign tokens. If you search his name on the internet you'll come across listings of all his books. Keep in mind though, his work deals generally with tokens and not specifically with countermarks.</p><p><br /></p><p>You're right about the use of the terms, but they're basically interchangeable. I call everything a counterstamp, while Brunk refers to every issue as a countermark. It's really not important what you call them. Until you get some references to work with I'll be more than willing to help you out as much as possible. I specialize in U.S.issues, but know a bit about foreign stamps as well. Don't hesitate to post them on C/T for us to look at. Good luck!</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2129918, member: 22729"]Welcome to Coin Talk, kazuma. The main reference...and really the only comprehensive one... on counterstamps / countermarks is Greg Brunk's book [I]Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins.[/I] It was published in 2003, so is a bit dated, but still very useful. He's presently working on a second edition that should come out in the next year or so. You find copies of the 2003 edition on ebay at times. You can also try Amazon or other book sellers online, as well as his publisher's website. The web address is [url="http://www.exonumia.com"]www.exonumia.com[/url]. His publisher is Rich Harttzog at World Exonumia Press in Rockford, IL. Another source would be Russ Rulau's series of catalogs on U.S. and foreign tokens. If you search his name on the internet you'll come across listings of all his books. Keep in mind though, his work deals generally with tokens and not specifically with countermarks. You're right about the use of the terms, but they're basically interchangeable. I call everything a counterstamp, while Brunk refers to every issue as a countermark. It's really not important what you call them. Until you get some references to work with I'll be more than willing to help you out as much as possible. I specialize in U.S.issues, but know a bit about foreign stamps as well. Don't hesitate to post them on C/T for us to look at. Good luck! Bruce[/QUOTE]
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