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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1236156, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH]132089.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]132090.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]132091.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]132092.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As some of you know I&#039;m an avid collector and researcher of primarily 19th Century U.S. counterstamps. I&#039;ve also had an interest for some time in the political stamps of Northern Ireland, those I call &quot;troubles counterstamps.&quot; Just within the past 6 months or so I decided to branch out into this area of collecting and try to put together a comprehensive group of these tokens. So far I&#039;ve only acquired a small number of the three dozen or so documented issues definitely linked to the Catholic / Protestant conflict in that region. Undoubtedly, there are many others that haven&#039;t been identified as belonging to this series. The &quot;end game&quot; for me is not only to collect them, but also to document new ones and research their history, the issuers involved, and the purpose of each. Eventually, I plan on writing an article detailing my findings and submit it to the Token and Medal Society (TAMS) Journal for possible publication.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The two examples here are from my collection and promote a pro-Protestant sentiment commonly seen on Irish coins of the 1960&#039;s and 70&#039;s. &quot;REM / 1690&quot; is an abbreviation for the phrase &quot;Remember 1690&quot;, 1690 being the date of the Battle of the Boyne fought near Drogheda, Kingdom of Ireland. The combatants were the Protestant King William III (William of Orange) and the deposed (in 1688 by William) Catholic King James II. William&#039;s army won handily and James fled the country. The victory guaranteed the supremacy of Protestant rule in the region. Today, the battle is commemorated by the Orange Order every year by parades sometimes refered to as &quot;The Twelfth.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The example of this slogan found on the 1931 Irish Penny proves that these issues predate the commonly found examples from the 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s. What&#039;s interesting about this one is the style of the punches used. They are very similiar to font styles used in the mid to late 1800&#039;s which indicates very old punch sets were used to counterstamp the coin, likely in the 1930&#039;s or 40&#039;s. They show an interesting contrast to the sharp, &quot;sterile&quot; looking lettering appearing on the newer coin.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I still have a lot to learn about these issues, and would appreciate hearing from any CT members who have some knowledge of them. I plan on updating this thread on occasion when new information or examples of these tokens come my way. In the meantime, thanks for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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