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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1058374, member: 22729&quot;]Back in September I posted some results of the counterstamp portion of Steve Hayden&#039;s Mail Bid Sale #32. I thought I&#039;d do the same for his latest sale that just closed on December 11th. The average price realized then was $153.00, but this time it jumped to $231.00. Bids on four tokens were rejected for not covering minimum, but the other 19 sold mostly near the high end of the suggested bid range. The four that didn&#039;t meet minimum were offered at a fixed price the next day, so I picked up one of them for $50.00 under minimum. The other three are still being offered, but so far are unsold. One surprise was a counterstamp on a gold coin with a suggested bid range of $750.00-$1,000.00 that didn&#039;t sell. I believe the top bid for it was $500.00. I was surprised because stamps on Gold coins are extremely rare and should sell relatively easily. I thought the suggested bid range was about right, but no serious bidders showed up. The stamp &quot;T. Berry&quot; is on a 1907-D $5.00 Liberty. The top selling piece was an 1816 Large Cent with the reverse of a 1789-1791 type Peruvian 1-real stamped on it&#039;s obverse. Hayden believes it may have been stamped there by counterfeiters testing a counterfeit die. It&#039;s from the collection of Dave Bowers, who by the way is (or was) an avid collector of counterstamps. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I bid on seven pieces, and surprisingly was successful on six of them. I got a seventh when I bought the &quot;O. Abbey&quot; counterstamped 1805 Draped Bust Half Dollar. When I get the coins in a few days, I&#039;ll be sure to post pics.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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