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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1145322, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH]118020.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]118019.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]118018.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]118017.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]118016.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These are some of the new counterstamps I picked up at the Baltimore show on Friday. The Large Cent captioned &quot;Tryon/Philada/Pa/1846&quot; was issued by a Philadelphis gunsmith named Edward K. Tryon. He joined his father (George W..) in business in 1833 in a smithy Edward founded c1812. In 1865 Edward&#039;s brother George M. joined the firm, and the name changed to Tryon &amp; Co. Eventually the business became involved in sporting goods exclusively, and finally folded in 1905. Gunsmith counterstamps are always valuable, and this one is no exception. This example is the only one known.</p><p>&quot;Le Picotin Aperitif&quot; is the first French counterstamp in my collection. It&#039;s fairly common, several dozen being documented, but strangely only a handful on French coins. Most appear on English coins. This was a French liquor made by a firm located in the suburbs of Paris, but they had their warehouse in the city at 16 Rue Quincampoix. There are two varieties known, those with a fully stamped &quot;P&quot; in Picotin, and those with a broken &quot;P&quot; such as this one. These were probably stamped in the 1880&#039;s or 90&#039;s judging by the style of the stamp.</p><p>The other three counterstamps are undocumented, but &quot;C.W. Tilton&quot; may be the mark of a jeweler or watchmaker, due to its small size. &quot;P. Dodge&quot; is a very old mark probably from the 1830&#039;s, and is likely that of a metalworker of some sort. &quot;E.P. Everett&quot; is also unknown and needs some research to possibly attribute it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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