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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1819302, member: 22729"]It wouldn't have anything to do with W.W. Pattee HCF, at least directly. Saco-Pettee wasn't in business until 1897, a long time after your coin was counterstamped. The whole succession of companies leading up to the formation of Saco-Pattee began in 1831 when Otis Pattee established a textile mill in Newton Upper Falls, MA. By 1882 it had been reorganized as the Pettee Machine Works by Henry Billings. I did some research on Otis Pattee and found no indication that he had any relatives named William. Granted, there doesn't seem to be much information out there in regard to the Pettee family, but what I found didn't help establish who stamped your coin. I still feel as though the whole textile industry thing is the wrong place to look for the issuer. The "Cast Steel" and ornaments on other known examples lead me to believe it was issued by a gunsmith, tool manufacturer, metal founder, or a similar craftsman. Bruce[/QUOTE]