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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 4798184, member: 72588&quot;]I agree .... two different dimes. No S-mint is likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it&#039;s true that there were a number of steamers named the <b>GENERAL PIKE</b> in operation during the 1800&#039;s, this issue must have emanated from the specific boat that operated between the years 1856-61. First, consider that the decade of the 1850&#039;s was the heyday of the counterstamp fad. Second, consider the date range of known, stamped coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO, the dual stamp on the dollar helps further solidify this attribution. Below is pictured a list of classified ads from the <i>Louisville Daily Courier</i>, dated 5-10-1859. Note that the top ad in the listing refers to the steamer, GEN. PIKE, and the bottom listing is for the packet, EUNICE. Note that passage and cargo for both steamers was then being booked by the same agent, Moorhead &amp; Co. Also, this bolsters the attribution of the <b>S.B. EUNICE</b> c/s as that of &quot;Steam Boat Eunice.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165145[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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