Confederate flag stamped?

I found a quarter with identical marking other day. Hickman could tn

 

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Scarce period.

 

Scarce period. It is the same die that was used on the SC quarter and $5 bill Gregory Brunk displayed in Numistmatic International Bulletin V.49 in 2014. If he did this he recognized it as a countermark because it was making a statement. It was over taking down the Confederate flag flying over the SC State Capitol along with the SC State flag and U.S. Flag.

 

Or the coin is upside down from the stamper’s perspective.

 

Initially according to info on the web there was apparently $500.00 in SC quarters struck with the die as seen as with the cent example here. I have seen a couple of the SC quarters and the smoother appearance as seen on the Rev of the cent is also seen on the obverse of Washington’s head. There are variants, two that I have seen back then where the same die was used- but the other side was more messy because the quarters were placed on a different backing as struck. The other variant was the die on the bird side and a square imprint with the letters “TB” we’re done.

These were all placed into circulation and handed out at confederate reenactment shows and given to people. The die was used also on the 12 other states of the confederacy in very limited number in comparison to the SC struck quarter. I have seen Georgia, and North Carolina on eBay- same die. But grand total of all the coins struck and notes inked with the same die are not that plentiful or more would have been seen out there by now. In summary the die has been seen on SC quarters predominant, the other 12 states of the confederacy in limited quantity, 2001 Lincoln cents limited, and $1 and $5 bills ink stamped with the same coin die…

 

Amazon use to carry more , but if you want your own

https://www.steelstampsinc.com/

I have a "cut gem" stamp I sometime use on fakes or damaged coins.

Jim

 

HISTORY (His-tory). Can change as often as is necessary!

 

Sure enough, someone found a way to make a Zincoln even less desireable.

 

Thanks for the PDF, I laughed at a few of the countermarks. The one that was wild to me was the Assize of 1125.

 

I am not a fan of most counterstamps, but that is a keeper. I have one too. It was long thought that this part of Marin Van Burn's 1848 third party presidential campaign. Dave Bowers found that it was connected with a land ownership redistribution movement.