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Message:: [QUOTE="ExoMan, post: 3018757, member: 72588"]Hi, Bruce. While I'd rather have an unscratched piece, of course, I bought the Pike piece for the history. A scratch doesn't negate that. With maybe 10-12 of this c/s known, one has to grab the brass ring when it comes around. Brunk lists the Evans piece; surprisingly, is his U.S. section. He doesn't offer an attribution in his 2003 edition. The logo stamp reads: (crown) / EVANS / OLD CHANGE / LONDON. "Old Change" was the street or district. As there is other specimen, perhaps the issuer, David Evans of London, England, was contemplating a U.S. division? He was a noted maker of surgical instruments. He and son, John, later called their joint venture, Evans & Co., so I suspect that this c/s is late 1820's or into the 1830's. What's the other English c/s on an American coin? I have an Irish c/s of sorts on an American coin in my collection, an 1854-O quarter. It reads: USE NELIGAN'S WORM CANDY. Greg listed this one, 2003, as a Canadian issue, but I convinced him it's a U.S. issue. I'm planning to write about that one later this year. The GILBERT c/s is a discovery piece with some great history that I've as yet to  attach. The c/s is the hallmark of Wm. Gilbert of NY City, circa 1782-1799. He was a top shelf silversmith who once crafted a gold box for Geo. Washington. He abandoned his craft to pursue a career in politics; this, just prior to the 19th century.[/QUOTE]