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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Diplodocus, post: 2545491, member: 77787&quot;][ATTACH=full]546207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]546208[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]546209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]546212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These Irish 50 pence and 10 pence coins were counterstamped &quot;UVF&quot;, standing for <i>Ulster Volunteer Force</i>. The UVF is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.</p><p>[USER=22729]@BRandM[/USER] has lots of good info about Irish/English political counterstamping on page 241 of this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased these online from two separate Ireland-based antique sellers who didn&#039;t specialize in coins and sold these as political propaganda pieces; I feel pretty good about them not having been stamped solely for the purpose of selling them for a few bucks online.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Ebay account was hacked and a third political counterstamp, which I won just after these two, was sent to some empty warehouse in New Jersey . . . grrrrrr . . . if anyone wants my missing coin I&#039;ll send you the address so you can go pound on their door![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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