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<p>[QUOTE="JBK, post: 2376518, member: 1101"]Counterstamps have been added to coins for literally thousands of years for a variety of reasons, and collecting them is a niche part of coin collecting. I don’t know exactly when, but within the past few decades counterstamps have become more respected and popular as a collecting field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins have been counterstamped by governments to revalue them, by private businesses to advertise, and by individuals for many reasons. In many cases the coins are the host or the vehicle by which someone advertises his business, political beliefs, etc. There is a lot of history tied up in some counterstamped coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why collect them? Good question. Why collect any coins? Why collect medals? Subway tokens? Wooden nickels? It all seems kind of silly. But people do like to collect them for whatever reason. And when they start paying real money for them it becomes big business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBK, post: 2376518, member: 1101"]Counterstamps have been added to coins for literally thousands of years for a variety of reasons, and collecting them is a niche part of coin collecting. I don’t know exactly when, but within the past few decades counterstamps have become more respected and popular as a collecting field. Coins have been counterstamped by governments to revalue them, by private businesses to advertise, and by individuals for many reasons. In many cases the coins are the host or the vehicle by which someone advertises his business, political beliefs, etc. There is a lot of history tied up in some counterstamped coins. Why collect them? Good question. Why collect any coins? Why collect medals? Subway tokens? Wooden nickels? It all seems kind of silly. But people do like to collect them for whatever reason. And when they start paying real money for them it becomes big business.[/QUOTE]
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