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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1831353, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH=full]302516[/ATTACH] I just picked up this American Hotel counterstamp from eBay the other day. It&#039;s listed in Brunk as A-258 with about 30 examples known. All are on Shield Nickels with a single exception on an Indian Head Cent. There is one or two sentences in Brunk describing the history of the hotel but I decided to do a quick check to try to flesh-out the info a bit. It stated that the hotel was known as the Wales Hotel at one time but I found that that description fit with another hotel named the American in Detroit in the 1840s. This was long before the hotel with the same name in Winona, MN. Whoever did the original research mistook the Detroit location for the Winona hotel. It&#039;s understandable, as I came across the source they probably quoted in the original attribution and it is a bit confusing. In any case, I couldn&#039;t find anything of interest on this one so will have to continue looking. This is a stamp I&#039;ve been looking for for some time so I&#039;m happy to add it to my collection. Thanks for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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