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Message:: [QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 501180, member: 2100"]I have Brunk's book on counterstamps. To be listed in the book, at least two examples of a particular counterstamp need to be known. "KIMB" is not listed, but it looks to me like there may be another letter in front of the "K". The letter "C." or "G." perhaps? Take a look and see if you can determine anything. The counterstamp "O.D" is listed as D-25, and is listed as being stamped on U.S. large cents of the years 1825 & 1830. I would like to add that the "KIMB" counterstamp is of the more desirable style, meaning that a custom punch was made to generate the mark as opposed to individual letter stamps. That means that it was more likely to have been a merchant rather than someone just stamping their initials into a coin. This also means that there are also other examples of that stamp likely to be in existance, although they may be difficult to locate.[/QUOTE]