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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1895009, member: 22729&quot;]One other thing I forgot to mention John was that back in the &quot;old days&quot; the letter &quot;I&quot; was often used in place of a &quot;J&quot; in initials. So if someone&#039;s name was James Smith for instance his initials might appear as I.S. not J.S. as you&#039;d expect. I have no idea why this was done but it often was. I&#039;ve asked a number of people over the years but no one seems to know why.</p><p>If this substitution is the case on your coin you may actually looking for someone with the initials J.S. This doesn&#039;t help much in identifying the maker, but it&#039;s interesting just the same. Again, very nice old counterstamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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