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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2428111, member: 69760&quot;]But for counter-stamps, isn&#039;t the counter-marking government effectively using a different government&#039;s coin as a <u>planchet as-is</u>? The counter-marking government&#039;s mint could simply melt those coins, but it may have probably been cheaper to counter-mark at the time given its economic situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, a counter-marked 19th century Peruvian Peso on a Guatemalan silver coin wouldn&#039;t necessarily be damaged, per se, either due to the grade of the Guatemalan silver coin without the countermark, or because of the countermark. If you look at the original base coin as a planchet, since it effectively is one, then any damage grade should be on the counter-stamped area and/or the damage to the coin as a whole only <i>after</i> the counter-stamp was made. The latter is impractical, so I can see why only a single grade would apply, and not be given a Details grade by the TPGs so long as the coin in its entirety is not damaged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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