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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3600670, member: 85693"]Nice coin! I really like countermarks. Sometimes they can get "lost" in the design like this - can't help you with ID, sorry to say. It is interesting that there is such a range of countermarks for this host coin that are about the same size and put in the same place. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just picked up a couple of really crusty countermarks for a $1.68. This seemed like a good way to hone my countermark detective skills on the cheap. I am still baffled. The one on the left is the back half of a head, I think - laurel ties or a veil, maybe. The other one is an eagle with wings spread - I found a couple of those, but never could quite come up with a match. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]963456[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]963457[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses are illegible. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Unknown Æ 25</b></p><p>Æ host (as size?); too worn to identify. </p><p><b>Countermark: </b>Eagle, wings spread (dotted border?) in 12 mm circle. </p><p>(9.98 grams / 25 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Unknown Æ 18</b></p><p>Æ host, male head facing right; too worn to identify. </p><p><b>Countermark: </b>Veiled head facing right (?) obverse. Right side of countermark weakly struck; left side shows veil or possibly laurel wreath ties in 6 mm circle. </p><p>(4.25 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3600670, member: 85693"]Nice coin! I really like countermarks. Sometimes they can get "lost" in the design like this - can't help you with ID, sorry to say. It is interesting that there is such a range of countermarks for this host coin that are about the same size and put in the same place. I just picked up a couple of really crusty countermarks for a $1.68. This seemed like a good way to hone my countermark detective skills on the cheap. I am still baffled. The one on the left is the back half of a head, I think - laurel ties or a veil, maybe. The other one is an eagle with wings spread - I found a couple of those, but never could quite come up with a match. [ATTACH=full]963456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]963457[/ATTACH] The reverses are illegible. [B]Unknown Æ 25[/B] Æ host (as size?); too worn to identify. [B]Countermark: [/B]Eagle, wings spread (dotted border?) in 12 mm circle. (9.98 grams / 25 mm) [B] [/B] [B]Unknown Æ 18[/B] Æ host, male head facing right; too worn to identify. [B]Countermark: [/B]Veiled head facing right (?) obverse. Right side of countermark weakly struck; left side shows veil or possibly laurel wreath ties in 6 mm circle. (4.25 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]
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