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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1295489, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH]144914.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]144915.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]144916.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]144917.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These are some new counterstamps I picked up in the past couple of weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The first one was issued by the Chicago Coin Club in 1952 to celebrate their 400th meeting. Coin club or coin related issues are pretty rare, but I do have a dozen or so of them in my collection. This one exhibits nice craftsmanship which is usually the case with any exonumia issued by this club. I bought it on E-Bay from a Florida collector named Bob Slawsky.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;C. Merrill &amp; Son&quot; counterstamp is struck on an 1847 Large Cent and is apparently unique. Charles Merrill was a New York City hardware and tool manufacturer in business from 1824 until well into the 1860&#039;s. This piece was struck between 1854 and 1856, as the company was called by that name in only those three years. Starting in 1857, a second son joined the firm and it became C. Merrill &amp; <i>Sons. </i>I won this in Steve Hayden&#039;s recent auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;N.J. Tracy&quot; is a very common counterstamp with probably about fifty examples presently documented. Although the stamp has been known for many years it remains undocumented, but is listed in both Brunk and Rulau. This example is nicely struck up, whereas many of them are poorly struck or heavily worn. I also acquired this piece from Hayden&#039;s auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;J.E. Skalbe&quot; counterstamp is actually a contemporary issue of Boston dealer and collector Jim Skalbe. They&#039;re often mistaken for 19th Century issues because many if not all of them are struck on old copper coins. I don&#039;t know Skalbe personally but a friend of mine does and he was kind enough&nbsp; to ask him to strike an example for me. I&#039;ve wanted one of his stamps for my contemporary collection for years, and now I have one. I&#039;m always happy to hear any comments or additional information you might have about these pieces. Thanks for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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