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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 2728030, member: 72588&quot;]Hey Bruce,</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my initial, database notes on the <b>C. KANOUSE</b> counterstamp. Cornelius Kanouse of Jersey City ....</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [ATTACH=full]619594[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had the Gustave Erichson piece for some years now. I also plan to write an article about him. He was a Confederate gunsmith, working in Houston between 1838 to about 1874 when he died at age 60. In later years, he and his sons also worked as locksmiths. His sons were excellent marksmen, winning or placing many local contests. Two of the sons worked in law enforcement.</p><p><br /></p><p>For our readers, here&#039;s an old newspaper article, related to Erichson, that tells something of his counterstamps ....</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>The Galveston Daily News</i> – Nov. 26, 1895 .....</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AN&nbsp; OLD&nbsp; COIN</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Otto Erichson received a postal card this morning from New Orleans addressed to his father, Gustav Erichson, who has been dead for the past twenty-one years. The postal card stated that the writer had in his possession a silver quarter upon which was stamped &quot;G. Erichson, Houston, Tex.&quot; and he wrote simply to warn Mr. Erichson that this defacing of coin was in violation of the law.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Otto Erichson says that many years ago, when he was quite a young boy, it used to be his father&#039;s custom to stamp his name on silver coin. The quarter to which this postal card refers may have been stamped some forty years ago, and a history of its travels since that time would be exceedingly interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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