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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1158783, member: 22729"]I've seen some of your counterstamps 89, but don't have any examples in my collection. I particularly like the Cob, but the most interesting one to me is the 1798 "Kimba" piece. The depressed rectangle the letters are in indicates that there's a letter (probably initial) before "Kimba" and one or two more after it. My guess is the name may actually be "Kimball", but it's hard to tell from the pic. The style is that of a silversmith or some other fine metal craftsman, but in searching several sites that list hundreds of these marks I didn't come across anything with variations of the name looking like this one. It's very old though, probably stamped on the coin shortly after it was minted. The wear indicates that it probably dates back to 1800-1810. I'm sure you've examined the counterstamp very closely and was wondering if you have any idea as to what else might be stamped in the depression (if anything). All great pieces 89, thanks for posting them. Bruce[/QUOTE]