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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 26188884, member: 1101&quot;]Your accusation of &quot;silly and self-inflicted numismatic ignorance&quot; is rude and quite inappropriate, and has been reported.&nbsp; Counterstamps are one area that I am certainly as far from &quot;ignorant&quot; as someone could possibly be.</p><p><br /></p><p>The question was:&nbsp; &quot;Do these have any collecting appeal or is there little interest since the stamps happened after the coins were minted? Are the stamps considered damage to the coin?&quot;.&nbsp; The question involved their status as a post-minting addition, and that status applies to counterstamped coins from any era.&nbsp; And yes, such post mint &quot;damage&quot; can bring premiums, including big premiums, from collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, every counterstamped coin was &quot;modern&quot; when it was created.&nbsp; Today&#039;s counterstamps will be vintage or antique one day. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are counterstamped coins that were created as novelties or collectibles within the past 50 years or so that sell for hundreds of dollars.&nbsp; There are counterstamped coins being created today that will sell for significant premiums before too long.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are the facts, despite any arrogant and dismissive accusations to the contrary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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