Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;exonumia, post: 1013154, member: 27599&quot;]As the publisher of three of Dr. Gregory Brunk&#039;s books on COUNTERMARKS, I like to think I have some basic knowledge of c/m.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once countermarked/counterstamped, the piece is no longer a COIN, but a TOKEN.&nbsp; Thus, any photograph should be oriented so the c/m is the primary object.&nbsp; Names or other devices should be level to the viewer, regardless of the coin alignment.&nbsp; This obviously makes reading the now most important device, the countermark, easy.&nbsp; A recent large auction of c/m showed the unmarked coin obverse as the Obverse, when the c/m was on the reverse!&nbsp; I repeat, when a coin is countermarked, the c/m is now the primary device and should be level to the viewer.&nbsp; My rant for the day &lt;grin&gt;.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, I have a complete list of all the merchant names who have issued c/m (per Brunk&#039;s latest book) on my web site.&nbsp; If you have an offstruck partial name, it is easy to search this list.&nbsp; I do have a small number of the Brunk books available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in