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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7831946, member: 10461&quot;]Are the letters incuse (sunk into the surface of the coin)?&nbsp; If so, it sounds like you have some <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countermark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countermark" rel="nofollow">countermarks</a> there.&nbsp; They are quite commonly found on large cents, and were put there by a number of businesses and individuals in the 19th century.&nbsp; This was for a variety of reasons; sometimes for advertising purposes, or sometime personalization, like someone’s initials.&nbsp; From the sounds of it, I’ll bet that’s what you have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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