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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1470327, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH]184842.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]184843.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a personal stamp of John C. Helwig, a dairy farmer in New Philadelphia, OH during the latter years of the 19th century. Counterstamps issued by farmers are pretty unusual but this man was college educated and practiced and lectured on scientific farming methods of the day. He was born in Canal Dover in 1858. I researched the counterstamp 5 or 6 years ago, and with the help of a coin collector friend of mine who lives in this part of Ohio, we came up with the attribution. When I saw it on eBay recently I decided it would be a nice addition to my collection and was lucky enough to win it. It&#039;s nice to own a piece that you&#039;ve researched and added to the growing list of these historic tokens. Thanks for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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