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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1759730, member: 22729"]William W. Pettee of Foxboro, MA may have issued your counterstamp early in the 1800's. There are seven documented examples of his stamp known...yours is the eighth. There are three different captions on these issues and include "W.W. Pettee", "(Eagle)/W.W. Pettee" and "W.W. Pettee Cast Steel 1841." As you can see yours has no "1841" date stamped on it so, again, is a previously unknown example. I personally don't believe the stamps were issued by the Foxboro man who was a turner (a lathe operator) by trade. A gunsmith would be a better guess as they often stamped dates on their weapons to indicate a model year and small federal eagle stamps also commonly appeared on their weapons. I don't know offhand of an American gunsmith with that surname but I never researched this mark. Your counterstamp is very old...probably issued no later than the mid 1840's, but more likely in the 1830's. Thought he coin is heavily worn (generally not a great concern to counterstamp collectors) the stamp is clear and is what I would consider a classic early American issue. Just a guess, but I think its value would be in the 75 to $100 range. More if it could be attributed. Very nice piece. Thanks for posting it. Bruce[/QUOTE]