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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 1242533, member: 1101&quot;]Thx for showing that - it is a great piece (historically speaking) with an important provenance proving authenticity.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The controversial messages on these coins raises another area that might be interesting to research - the method of distribution. These days, coins can easily be placed into circulation via vending machines, Coin Star machines, coin counters at the local bank or credit union, etc.&nbsp; I am not sure the original makers of counterstamped coins in Ireland (including Northern Ireland) had it so easy.&nbsp; If they were circulating coins among a friendly audience it was perhaps not so much of a challenge, but to get it into “enemy territory” would have been a greater and far more dangerous challenge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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