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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1945007, member: 112&quot;]Countermarks and chopmarks are two entirely different things. Countermarks were used to establish the value of a given coin, usually but not always, in a country different from the country of origin for the coin. And they were applied to coins by the local issuing authority, not just by anybody.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chopmarks were made as a matter of convenience by Chinese merchants, as Chris explained. And by the way, chopmarks were not used as a method of authenticating a coin as mentioned above. The coins were authenticated by other means, and then the chopmark applied merely so a merchant would know the coin had already been authenticated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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