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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 67682, member: 66&quot;]&lt; (... that is a pretty strange attitude for someone whose username is CONDER101. &quot;It is not a U.S. Mint product and has no numismatic value.&quot; I&#039;ll remember that. It&#039;s a great line.) &gt;</p><p>Now I never said it wasn&#039;t a mint product.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; And yes I&#039;ve heard of the Waterford Cure.&nbsp; A counterstamped coin that can&#039;t be linked to a specific event, person, purpose etc is just a mutilated coin because any fool can get a punch and beat on a coin.&nbsp; Once the counterstamp can be identified to a purpose, then yes it does have numismatic value, possibly a lot of value.&nbsp; (And please don&#039;t get the idea that I think something has to be from the US Mint, or even any government mint, to have numismatic value.&nbsp; In fact some of my greatest interests are for items that do NOT come from government mints.)&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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