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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joshua Lemons, post: 24571017, member: 82388&quot;]The book came in and I can answer your question.&nbsp; Counterfeiting!&nbsp; In August 1702, the diocese of Osnabruck became concerned about the influx of fake Wiedenbruck coppers in commerce.&nbsp; The coins were ordered to be turned in and the genuine ones were counterstamped while the fakes were defaced and destroyed.&nbsp; Interestingly it looks like it was only the 3 pfennig stamped.&nbsp; Through researching, it seems as though the city struck only 6 denominations, with only two being struck the latter half of the 17th century (1 &amp; 3 pfennig).&nbsp; </p><p>This counterstamping scenario played out a few hundred years before in a different manner in Germany. There were competing monetary systems and coins (domestic and foreign) were counterstamped to acknowledge which system they were on par with.&nbsp; </p><p>The German word for counterstamp is &quot;gegenstempel&quot; which is quite fun to say.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the image of the book page.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558261[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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