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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1248348, member: 22729&quot;]After reading cwtokenman&#039;s post I did some research of my own and think he may be right about it being a &quot;F.E. Stickel&quot; counterstamp. I&#039;m not really comfortable with the &quot;I&quot; giving the appearance of an &quot;O&quot; but it could be the case. The characteristics that drew my attention most were the horseshoe (the visible part matches those stamped on Stickel&#039;s pieces), the curve of the stamp also, and the general &quot;look&quot; of the letters. As Ed says, the &quot;F&quot; of &quot;F.E.&quot; could be invisible because of the small size of the coin. All known Stickel stamps appear on larger copper coins and tokens, and fit nicely on them.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I also found two examples of these stamps that sold at auction in the past few years. One at a Heritage Auction in February, 2007, and the second sold by Rich Hartzog in 2008. The Heritage specimen was included in lot #199 with three other counterstamps and realized $220 or $55 per coin. In Hartzog&#039;s sale, an example auctioned by itself sold for $720, a fantastic price for such a piece. However, this particular specimen was from the collection of Greg Brunk, who is the recognized &quot;guru&quot; of counterstamped coins, and was boldly struck on a 1794 Talbot, Allum &amp; Lee Cent (probably the only counterstamp documented on such a piece). Both these factors would inflate the price considerably. Having said that, it&#039;s tough to place a value on a counterstamp as they&#039;re thinly traded and no price guides exist to estimate values. Unfortunately, yours is poorly struck so might bring something closer to the $50 range. Putting it on E-bay would be one way to shop it around and see if anyone shows an interest. Good luck Trish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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