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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark240590, post: 2428079, member: 39953&quot;]I love chopped coins.. I have x2 British trade dollars that are chopped..<img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160524/833091ee7f3710f781331d7e4811c75d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160524/5408c8c51930105abe0947731aa8d05f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160524/0962dc2a0e1721adec37879175ba42c1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160524/26fdee0cc88c186ed1fcfd07ee58310a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re very interesting I think.. I can see why PCGS and NGC would think this as a countermark would 9/10 be a genuine government issue.. I also have quite a few of those like a Jamaica 1 reale coin stamped to make it 10 pence.</p><p>My best example of a countermark.. Well a complete overstrike.</p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160524/3d1b5807b662e9e912c712dfb882c71b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160524/f7974dba46cd67025c6c98c63f896c8c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here&#039;s another Jamaican countermark but a private issue too alleviate the shortage of change, another case of acceptable damage.</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/221C2B46-AC1A-4F2A-83C2-5510D46D6EB7.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/221C2B46-AC1A-4F2A-83C2-5510D46D6EB7.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/coins/221C2B46-AC1A-4F2A-83C2-5510D46D6EB7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/5FDE309B-B84B-4258-8C1C-B1BFDFED9481.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/5FDE309B-B84B-4258-8C1C-B1BFDFED9481.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/coins/5FDE309B-B84B-4258-8C1C-B1BFDFED9481.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the Far East is the area which always prefers test/ chop marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Java Rupee drags the grade right down.</p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/917E7B0A-A2EB-420B-B69B-9E56A07997ED.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/917E7B0A-A2EB-420B-B69B-9E56A07997ED.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/coins/917E7B0A-A2EB-420B-B69B-9E56A07997ED.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/67147232-AF31-4717-B303-1B207A74B852.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/67147232-AF31-4717-B303-1B207A74B852.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/coins/67147232-AF31-4717-B303-1B207A74B852.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>A countermark during Japanese occupation after WWII when they were melting them down apparently the marks mean for collection. </p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/1B0E1879-0E5D-4CE5-9EDF-1B6A32FFACBF.png.jpeg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/1B0E1879-0E5D-4CE5-9EDF-1B6A32FFACBF.png.jpeg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/coins/1B0E1879-0E5D-4CE5-9EDF-1B6A32FFACBF.png.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/B793ABE6-14F5-4ED3-B014-7BD4C823C4DE.png.jpeg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/coins/B793ABE6-14F5-4ED3-B014-7BD4C823C4DE.png.jpeg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/coins/B793ABE6-14F5-4ED3-B014-7BD4C823C4DE.png.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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