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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 2036004, member: 72588&quot;][ATTACH=full]371055[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>GRAFFORT HOUSE / DUBUQUE&#039; IO</b>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Iowa)</p><p><br /></p><p>Brunk (# B-436) and Rulau listed this counterstamp on an 1835 quarter.&nbsp; This is the only other example, issued by this merchant, of which I&#039;m aware; this, also stamped on a quarter.&nbsp; The hole suggests to me that this coin may have once been used as a tag; perhaps, attached to a room key?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1835 quarter, pictured in Brunk&#039;s book, is unholed. The counterstamp on that quarter was likewise applied to the coin&#039;s obverse. On both quarters, some degree of care was taken to apply the counterstamp in a similar fashion, somewhat centered, above the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>John D.Graffort opened the Graffort House in 1858. Located at Third and Bluff Streets, it was a five story, masonry building that boasted a saloon and a barber shop. Brunk cites a newspaper account which describes the business as an &quot;elegant Hotel.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>While there&#039;s a possibility that these quarters were stamped after the business was rebuilt, it&#039;s far more likely that the stamping was applied prior to the Civil War. The discovery of more pieces will perhaps prove telling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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