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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7285918, member: 89314&quot;]Countermarks on gold are rare and very $$$$$ but for those of us who labour in the lesser fields of silver and copper, they are quite common and not necessarily expensive. </p><p><br /></p><p>As John Scholefield says, in 1573 the Zeeland rebel government (like Holland) counterstamped silver coins to increase their value by 1/8, to help pay the troops fighting the Spaniards. Here is a 1570 1/2 Reichstaler of the city of Neuss with such a c/m on the rev.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1275839[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Holland did the same thing, using the C/M of a Holland lion in an oval (sorry - this one is a bit worn).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As the leading state in the United Provinces&nbsp; with the largest forces, their countermarked coins are much more common than those of Zeeland.&nbsp; Here is one on the obv. of a 1570 Half Taler of the city of Cologne.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275846[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275847[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one on the obverse of a 1572 Cologne Taler.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275848[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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