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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 2381937, member: 22729&quot;]I did some research on your counterstamp, Heavy, and think I may have come up with an issuer. First though, two possible, but not likely ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a J &amp; B Hunt Co. located in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington at least from 1899 until 1903. I couldn&#039;t trace them any further back, but they were likely in business before them. They were known as &quot;marine engineers&quot; (coppersmiths, ship plumbers, iron workers, and lead burners) and according to a 1901 Advertisement in <i>Wesr Coast Trades, </i>they also supplied and/or manufactured life boats and rafts, and ventilators to the maritime industry. They seemed heavy into U.S. Navy contracts. Their address in Tacoma was 716 Pacific Ave.&nbsp; I&#039;ve pretty much discounted them, however, as they were far too late to have issued these stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a company that I know almost nothing about. I saw a legal notice in an official document of some sort in regard to &quot;J &amp; B Hunt&quot; of Fleming Co., KY. The partners were John Sr. and Basil Hunt. Their business wasn&#039;t specified, nor did I understand the nature of legal complaint. I discovered nothing more about the company. The&nbsp; date of the notice was 1799, so I discounted them as a player as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one find that is promising is a stove and tinware manufacturer using the title J &amp; B Hunt. I found them in the 1866 /67 <i>Indians State Gazetteer and Shippers Guide. </i>They were listed as doing business in Bloomingdale, Parke Co., Indiana. I did a fairly comprehensive search for more information on them, but wasn&#039;t successful. Unfortunately, I couldn&#039;t find the partners names with certainty, but did come up with a decent possibility. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1870 U.S. Federal Census as well as Indiana burial records turned up the name of Jasper Pleasant Hunt. He served in the Civil War with Co.B of the 85th Indiana Infantry Regiment. He was born in September, 1826 in North Carolina and died in Bloomingdale in April, 1907. The 1870 Census records list him as a resident of Bloomingdale, Parke Co. He was also buried in Bloomingdale in the Bloomingdale Friends Cemetery. His occupation was listed as carpenter, but that doesn&#039;t necessarily disqualify him as the issuer. Who the &quot;B&quot; would have been in the partnership is unknown to me. I didn&#039;t come across a relative with a name starting with a &quot;B&quot;. I&#039;m fairly confident that your coin was stamped by this Indiana company, but am less sure about Jasper being one of the partners.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I come across anything more, I&#039;ll be sure to post it here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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