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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 2458732, member: 72588&quot;]Hey Bruce, I&#039;ve long taken issue with this blanket statement:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Interestingly, once a coin is stamped, it becomes a token and is no longer considered a coin, by collectors at least.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A rose by any other name is still a rose, and IMHO, a counterstamped coin remains a coin. Did the counterstamped 1800&#039;s &quot;coins&quot; not circulate as specie payments for goods and services? Are you saying then that, once such a coin falls into a collector&#039;s hands, it&#039;s no longer a coin by virtue of who possesses it? Then, if a collector happens to somehow spend it, the counterstamped &quot;token&quot; does not magically turn back into a coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sound far-fetched, does it? Think about all those current-day, circulating Lincoln Cents with the &quot;fifty state&quot; counterstamps. Those poor puppies must be experiencing some sort of identity crisis, eh what? One day, they&#039;re cents, the next, they&#039;re tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forgive me, Bruce ... I may have OD&#039;d on Folgers this morning!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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