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Message:: [QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 2129952, member: 17304"]Thank you very much for the informative post! I will probably look for one of the copies and then update it when the new version comes out. I kind of started liking these coins when I was looking for a cut piece of 8 (2 bit) and all I could find were counterstamped (I like this term better for some reason) coins. So I ended up buying one with a curacao counterstamp on it. I really liked it alot so I started looking at others and I want to learn about them first before I start piecing together a collection of them. They say buy the book before the coin and that's what I'm trying to do. Besides, for me, its the history and story behind a coin that for the most part makes the coin interesting to me and makes me fall in love with a particular piece (if that makes sense). I am primarily a U.S. coin collector but I needed some fresh air and something new for a bit so I'm branching a little into counterstamps and some ancients. I would like to have some US counterstamps but the few ones Ive seen that I liked were slightly more expensive than I was looking for like the Planters Bank pieces. Very cool though! Again, thank you for the input and if anyone else has anything to add, more information is always welcome![/QUOTE]