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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 2181236, member: 1101&quot;]Bruce – the resolution on the PC I am using right now is bad, but are there two “dots” over the “o”?&nbsp; If there is an umlaut (the dots) then it is the German spelling and presumably a German counterstamp. If it were a German immigrant to the US (or elsewhere) they would likely have used the alternate way of writing their name without the umlaut – adding an “e” after the “o”.</p><p>So, SCHÖNFELD is the same name as SCHOENFELD.</p><p>Of course, an emigrant from Germany could have had the spelling changed (willingly or accidentally), but I do not think (but am not sure) that SCHONFELD (no umlaut) is a typical name in Germany. So, if the is no umlaut then I would be inclined to agree that it is not German.</p><p>By the way, I did not realize German counterstamps were uncommon – I have a couple - one on a coin 100 years old or so, and one on a WWII era coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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