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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 80921, member: 283&quot;]No book on earth could possibly keep up with every piece of folly concerning the marking of coins. Let&#039;s face it, at one stage even some collectors were counterstamping their coins as a mark of `ownership&#039;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Knowing where to look for data is indeed 90% of the battle! If i&#039;m to be perfectly honest, i&#039;ve not come across the book you mentioned. I&#039;m not sure that it is worth my while trying to get hold of it for the very limited requirements I have and the chances of getting it over on my side of the pond via a library are nil. As such I guess i&#039;ll just have to rely on the jungle drums network. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Some day a contact such as yourself will spot something somewhere which triggers the `ah so that&#039;s what it is&#039; realisation,&nbsp; and then (if i&#039;m still alive by then) you&#039;ll get back to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My main source for data on countermarked /counterstamped coinage has been the section in the first edition Bachtell covering that subject area. It was dropped from subsequent editions. God alone knows why, because it is excellent reference material. It&#039;s limitation is that it only covers official and recognised marks on silver dollar size coins from around the world. That leaves a myriad of other coins (and my subsequent knowledge relating to them) well out of the picture. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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