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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 132444, member: 283&quot;]I&#039;m with what GD has said on this one. There is no doubt that the chops are rather unusually large, and besides,the basic coin looks a bit too pasty for my liking. maybe the marks the OP thought to be caused by striking is actually pock marks caused by casting. I can&#039;t be sure from the image, but i&#039;m certainly suspicious of that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love chopped, countermarked and counterstamped coinages and tokens. Unravelling the history behind them can be very intriguing (and VERY frustrating at times). Sadly, when it comes to the ones I have, i&#039;ve got more history to unravel than i&#039;ve managed to unravel so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example....is this just an unfortunate placing of the `hand&#039; counterstruck on the jeton (obverse).....or is it a political statement <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Probably just a chance positioning given that it also appears on the reverse. After a few years of looking and asking i&#039;ve still no idea what it actually signifies, why or when it was counterstamped on that particular jeton.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://omnicoin.com/coins/910626.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://omnicoin.com/coins/910626.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://omnicoin.com/coins/910626.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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