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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 2079886, member: 22729&quot;]You&#039;re right, afantiques, official or governmental British countermarks weren&#039;t generally employed, but private issues were quite common. American merchants were, by far, the most prolific issuers of counterstamps, but British merchants were very active as well. As a matter of fact, the government eventually outlawed the practice in the late 1890s as they were becoming a nuisance...particularly from prolific stampers like &quot;Pear&#039;s Soap&quot; and others. Earlier in the century, Sheffield cutlers commomly stamped heir mark and name on large Pennies and Half Pennies. Not to be deterred, companies started the practice of counterstamping French, and at times Italian coins that circulated freely in England. A slick way around the law you know.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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