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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 629416, member: 19065&quot;]<b>Viper:</b> There is no doubt what could be done and has been done to coins, like in your example, by a skilled metal worker applying hand tooled techniques to a coins alteration. I even introduced such manipulation of metals into the conversation earlier. I also cited the amount of time and labor this work would entail, how this would limit quantity and increase uniqueness and value (such comments of praise are readily seen in your example of billzach&#039;s piece too.) However, I don&#039;t think billzach turns out a great number of these as Masons did/do, nor would he just give them away for little to nothing in return for his work. As I already pointed out, as evidenced by a number of examples on this tread and floating around CT, Masonic pennies display more evidence of a counter-stamp technique than hand work. You seem to disbelieve this in the face of clear evidence of stamping, when the reverse of some of these coins is shown. The reverse of the 1937 may not be available for us to view, so the benefit of doubt lives on. Yet, rationally considered in light of the evidence of counter-stamping, the time to do this type of hand work would not have produced many Masonic pennies and we can clearly see that there exist quite a few of them in peoples collections however individuals value them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for pointing out billzach&#039;s work. I look forward to seeing more of it if he&#039;s still around and at work on these altered / non-counter-stamped / hand-worked coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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