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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1442892, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH]177858.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]177859.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]177860.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>I finally got the rest of the collection from the Irish collector I&#039;ve been talking to for some time now. The total collection of political counterstamps and graffiti coins numbers 30 pieces. Twenty three are counterstamped and seven are graffiti coins with political slogans or initials scratched into them. I&#039;ve just posted these two but will put up more later.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;STB / CC&quot; stamp on the 1995 Eire Punt stands for &quot;Simply The Best&quot; / &quot;C Company&quot;. This is a reference to the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association, Company C from the lower Shankhill in Belfast. This unit was known for its ruthless killings of nationalists and Catholics. The picture posted is one of their murals painted on the side of a building in Belfast (very common by both sides). It&#039;s said that they got their slogan from the title of Tina Turner&#039;s song with the same name. The coin was received in change in Ballybay, County Monaghan several years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>The crudely struck &quot;NF&quot; on the 1951 English Florin stands for Na Fianna (Fianna Eireann) the youth wing of the IRA. This stamp has an interesting history behind it. It was given in change in December, 1977 at a shop in Ballymurphy to the man who collected these coins. They were actually made by a young Na Fianna member who worked in the shop. Later notes by the collector tell us that he was killed when a bomb he was making exploded prematurely. Thanks for looking and as always comments are welcomed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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