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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1945255, member: 19463&quot;]Not exactly letter punches but considerable value can be added if it is a mark of the right collection.&nbsp; Ancients with the eagle stamp applied by the Gonzaga family to all coins in their collection sell for several times their equivalent in the same coin plain.&nbsp; Of course the allowable rules for a collection from the 1500&#039;s don&#039;t hold quite the same if we are talking about a vandal of the 21st century.&nbsp; Example:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1705589" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1705589" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1705589</a></p><p>Note that they not only applie a stamp but they inserted a piece of foil under it in contrasting metal.&nbsp; The example has a silver eagle on the bronze coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">At Natural Bridge, Virginia, there is a graffito applied to the rock by George Washington.&nbsp; To the best of my knowledge, GW did not vandalize any 1794 dollars (unless you count that Delaware River story).&nbsp; Imagine the auction fervor if only he had used a chop.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do agree that in the other 99.99% of cases, collector marks ruin a coin.&nbsp; </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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