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<p>[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2129567, member: 22729"]Here's an interesting contemporary counterstamp issued by a coin club. You rarely see stamps struck on Franklin Halves. Usually these modern era numismatic stamps are struck on Kennedy Halves, or less often, on Eisenhower Dollars. Once in a great while you'll see one on a Walker or a Canadian Half Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from the Arkansas Numismatic Society and celebrates their 50th anniversary in 1998. I don't know who cut the dies, but the work reminds me of those I've seen on some of the Long Island Coin Club issues. They may have been cut by Tom Marringer, but the workmanship doesn't seem to be up to his exacting standards though. It's likely then that they were cut by someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[ATTACH=full]405338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405341[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2129567, member: 22729"]Here's an interesting contemporary counterstamp issued by a coin club. You rarely see stamps struck on Franklin Halves. Usually these modern era numismatic stamps are struck on Kennedy Halves, or less often, on Eisenhower Dollars. Once in a great while you'll see one on a Walker or a Canadian Half Dollar. This is from the Arkansas Numismatic Society and celebrates their 50th anniversary in 1998. I don't know who cut the dies, but the work reminds me of those I've seen on some of the Long Island Coin Club issues. They may have been cut by Tom Marringer, but the workmanship doesn't seem to be up to his exacting standards though. It's likely then that they were cut by someone else. Bruce[ATTACH=full]405338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405341[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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