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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 5143458, member: 102103"]A merchant's mark would be my guess, but I'm mostly familiar with countermarks </p><p>in Asia. I haven't seen them much on European coins which stayed on that </p><p>continent. I assume the defacement was done by a separate party.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the defaced coins I've bought (I think it's just those 2 I posted) were got at a </p><p>significant discount compared to the price of an intact coin. I like them for the </p><p>history, but I don't think there's much collector's value. George III might have been </p><p>less popular after his madness left him incapable of governing (around 1810). I </p><p>think his son and prince Regent, the future George IV, was disliked. Among other </p><p>things he only had one daughter by his wife, but had many children by his </p><p>mistresses, which made the succession complicated. Or so I hear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 5143458, member: 102103"]A merchant's mark would be my guess, but I'm mostly familiar with countermarks in Asia. I haven't seen them much on European coins which stayed on that continent. I assume the defacement was done by a separate party. All the defaced coins I've bought (I think it's just those 2 I posted) were got at a significant discount compared to the price of an intact coin. I like them for the history, but I don't think there's much collector's value. George III might have been less popular after his madness left him incapable of governing (around 1810). I think his son and prince Regent, the future George IV, was disliked. Among other things he only had one daughter by his wife, but had many children by his mistresses, which made the succession complicated. Or so I hear.[/QUOTE]
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