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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1795622, member: 112"]There was a bit more to it than that. Typically a coin was countermarked/counterstamped to indicate either a change in its face value, or an acceptance of that coin at a declared value, often less but sometimes more than its face value, by a govt., country, or entity other than the one that issued the coin to begin with.</p><p> </p><p>Today it is done as more of a whim by private individuals, or by a company trying to advertise. Though for the most part companies stopped doing that a few decades ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1795622, member: 112"]There was a bit more to it than that. Typically a coin was countermarked/counterstamped to indicate either a change in its face value, or an acceptance of that coin at a declared value, often less but sometimes more than its face value, by a govt., country, or entity other than the one that issued the coin to begin with. Today it is done as more of a whim by private individuals, or by a company trying to advertise. Though for the most part companies stopped doing that a few decades ago.[/QUOTE]
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