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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2003420, member: 22729"]Brunk lists a second example on an 1861-1871 type Swedish Riksdaler. It's probably the same one listed in exonumia.com that spirityoda mentioned. The "1777" is counterstamped on the coin so probably represents a date. It wouldn't be a reference number. The date could mean anything...a birth year, or something else of importance to the issuer. The date is confusing though sparty. Your coin is dated 1847, while the second one is no earlier than 1861. That's not a problem because it's only a 14 to 24 year difference. Not real unusual for counterstamps BTW. But the 1777 date is anywhere from 70 to 80 years earlier than the dates on the coins. It is possible that the two stamps represent two different men named H.H. Gifford. You'd be surprised how many H.H. Giffords or H. Giffords you'd come across if you did some serious research on him. The only way to tell for sure is to compare your coin to the exonumia.com example. Apparently, there's no picture of their example to compare with though. As far as value goes, the counterstamp alone wouldn't bring much because it's not attributed to anyone. Maybe $30 or so is my guess. Struck on a fairly rare coin such as yours though would add value but I'm not sure how much. Probably spirityoda's guess of $125 to $150 is a pretty good one. Wish I could help you more. Good luck! Bruce[/QUOTE]