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<p>[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 3923681, member: 22729"]I hadn't thought of toolmakers, Mainebill. I like the Dunham & McMaster mark that has the Auburn stamp with a period after it...a little unusual ending a stamp with a period.</p><p>Do you know when these toolmakers were in business? Since all the known examples are on very early Large Cents, the issuer was probably in business early in the century. Dating the toolmaker's activity might point more strongly toward them. A slight difference in the styles are the edge of the depressions...serrated for the D & M stamp and straight for C-B-D 's example. It may not be significant though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 3923681, member: 22729"]I hadn't thought of toolmakers, Mainebill. I like the Dunham & McMaster mark that has the Auburn stamp with a period after it...a little unusual ending a stamp with a period. Do you know when these toolmakers were in business? Since all the known examples are on very early Large Cents, the issuer was probably in business early in the century. Dating the toolmaker's activity might point more strongly toward them. A slight difference in the styles are the edge of the depressions...serrated for the D & M stamp and straight for C-B-D 's example. It may not be significant though. Bruce[/QUOTE]
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