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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 1725174, member: 1101&quot;]That is what I was trying to get at in an earleir post.&nbsp; &quot;Free form&quot; (single letter/number punches) are a minefield.&nbsp; Collectors need to become familiar with type styles, punctuation, and wear patterns. </p><p><br /></p><p>On your cull large cents, for example, the type style is almost certainly not consistent with a counterstamp contemporary to the date on the coin; the coin is probably heavily worn/damaged while the stamp (and distortion, if any) on the opposite side) is presumably sharp and clear; and, depending on what you stamped, the punctuation might be off (in the 19th century they used periods after everything - even single word phrases or names, in some cases).&nbsp; I am willing to bet that your coins, no matter how well done, might send up some red flags to serious collectors of counterstamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, the basic point you make is valid and critically improptant.&nbsp; I am always extra suspicious of an old coin that has a&nbsp; c/stamp made with single punches (or a modern looking pictorial punch as we have seen on eBay recently) that would have had little or no value without it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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