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<p>[QUOTE="Numis-addict, post: 1871294, member: 35784"]A few weeks ago, I was at a coin show at the Metrolina Fairgrounds in Charlotte. While there, I found a dealer who had a box of large cents priced at $15 apiece. Now, being the cheapskate that I am, I had to look at every single one of them<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Most were later-date, lower grade coins, but a few caught my eye. I decided to only buy one (though I kind of wish I had bought another that was in reasonable condition for the price). This one had a counterstamp on it, and I had no idea what I was doing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The dealer must have been feeling generous, as he sold it to me for $12. I notice a lot of dealers are like this to the YNs, BTW. They take good care of us. So, yesterday, I decided to try and figure out who or where it came from. Turns out, it is a pretty well-known and common counterstamp, but it is still not certain who exactly it comes from. It has a Brunk number of T-387 (I found this info in an auction listing), though that statement means almost nothing to me except to indicate that it is a known counterstamp. The most interesting theory I read was that it comes from a carpenter named Nathan J Tracy from Vermont who fought in the Civil War. Anyway, here is the picture:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315845[/ATTACH]</p><p>From what I saw, this counterstamp mostly is found on large cents, but also occasionally on Flying Eagles. However, I did not see any other examples that had been stamped twice. So, what do you think? I noticed that they have a tendency to go for between 20 and 30 dollars on the internet. Does this fit in that range?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, on to the redneck portion of this:</p><p>I wanted to take a picture of this coin, but I don't have my photography setup with me at the moment. So, I had to employ redneck engineering.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315846[/ATTACH]</p><p>Yes, that is a mason jar<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I put small squares of black paper in there to help with the background, but this proved pointless when I had to make a cube of paper to get the coin to a better elevation. I took the images with my mother's Iphone camera, and sent it to my computer where I edited them with Photoscape. The sad thing is, my normal rig might rival the redneckery of this substitute. It is made of purely tinker toys, aside from the camera and coin, of course. (I had this image lying around in it's current state. I did not add the labels in an attempt to insult your intelligence.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315847[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any comments at all on the coin or camera setup? I hope you at least got to laugh out of the mason jar<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numis-addict, post: 1871294, member: 35784"]A few weeks ago, I was at a coin show at the Metrolina Fairgrounds in Charlotte. While there, I found a dealer who had a box of large cents priced at $15 apiece. Now, being the cheapskate that I am, I had to look at every single one of them:rolleyes:. Most were later-date, lower grade coins, but a few caught my eye. I decided to only buy one (though I kind of wish I had bought another that was in reasonable condition for the price). This one had a counterstamp on it, and I had no idea what I was doing:eek:. The dealer must have been feeling generous, as he sold it to me for $12. I notice a lot of dealers are like this to the YNs, BTW. They take good care of us. So, yesterday, I decided to try and figure out who or where it came from. Turns out, it is a pretty well-known and common counterstamp, but it is still not certain who exactly it comes from. It has a Brunk number of T-387 (I found this info in an auction listing), though that statement means almost nothing to me except to indicate that it is a known counterstamp. The most interesting theory I read was that it comes from a carpenter named Nathan J Tracy from Vermont who fought in the Civil War. Anyway, here is the picture: [ATTACH=full]315845[/ATTACH] From what I saw, this counterstamp mostly is found on large cents, but also occasionally on Flying Eagles. However, I did not see any other examples that had been stamped twice. So, what do you think? I noticed that they have a tendency to go for between 20 and 30 dollars on the internet. Does this fit in that range? Now, on to the redneck portion of this: I wanted to take a picture of this coin, but I don't have my photography setup with me at the moment. So, I had to employ redneck engineering. [ATTACH=full]315846[/ATTACH] Yes, that is a mason jar:cool:. I put small squares of black paper in there to help with the background, but this proved pointless when I had to make a cube of paper to get the coin to a better elevation. I took the images with my mother's Iphone camera, and sent it to my computer where I edited them with Photoscape. The sad thing is, my normal rig might rival the redneckery of this substitute. It is made of purely tinker toys, aside from the camera and coin, of course. (I had this image lying around in it's current state. I did not add the labels in an attempt to insult your intelligence.) [ATTACH=full]315847[/ATTACH] Any comments at all on the coin or camera setup? I hope you at least got to laugh out of the mason jar:D[/QUOTE]
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