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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 7825699, member: 28550&quot;]Is there a database of English merchant countermarks from the early 19th century? I recently picked up this rough example with a beautifully clear countermark among a large group of cents and half cents from that era (most were 1806 or 1807 half cents, along with one *very worn* 1823 Irish half cent).</p><p><br /></p><p>Both sides are punched. Could be &quot;IP&quot; but there seems to be a faint bar &amp; crossbar for &quot;FP&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also a strange pattern surrounding the letters, presumably the shape of the end of the punch. Not a sunburst, but something like a beehive?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1344757[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1344758[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1344759[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1344760[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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