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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1853835, member: 22729"][ATTACH=full]310182[/ATTACH] Though a common name the consensus seems to be that one or two different men are responsible for these stamps. There are two sizes known which suggests different issuers There was a jeweler in Whitewater, WI with the name J.T. Smith. I don't know the years he was in business but he issued a Civil War token (WI 960C-1a /1d /2a) The 1d (Copper-Nickel) is an R-10 and the other two are R-5s. This places him in active business at least c. 1860s. The second likely issuer is Joseph T. Smith who was a retailer of jewelry, clocks, etc. from a shop in Schuylerville, NY. He was in business later than the first man...at least as late as 1895. As you can see the stamps are very small and precise as one would expect from people in these trades. There are nearly 30 examples of both styles combined documented in Brunk's reference. Mine is the single known example struck on a Half Dollar, so is unique in that regard. A nice clean, neat counterstamp that I'm happy to add to my collection. Bruce[/QUOTE]