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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dig that one! I would to find one like that. I've only pulled one counterstamp in about 5 years of roll hunting
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
I found the Apollo 13 one, I'd love to collect the set.  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
very cool never seen one of those
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
Cool, Captain! Yours looks like it was made from the same person that made Sidekicks! I wonder if there are more in this set? 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
The "6" over the L in LIBERTY is just damage.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
I assume some sort of tourist-trap place somewhere had a machine that makes them sorta like elongated penny machines, or a NASA museum, or Cape Canaveral or something. I've tried to research them, but without finding out much.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1903 Posts |
There used to be a Gumball Machine where I grew up that had various themed counterstamped cents in it. The themes would cha ge from time to time. What a racket though....nickel in, penny out. Wish I thought of it :-)
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Valued Member
United States
213 Posts |
The unidentified mark above the L in LIBERTY, I'm fairly certain is there to give balance to the counter stamp die during the strike.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
It's just man-made P.M.D. (post mint damage) for a lot of folks.Others do collect these counter-stamps as a novelty kind of thing....that's just "neat". I don't avidly collect them.......or "seek" them out. But as I Cent roll search over the years, I've come across a nice half a dozen or so. And I always keep every single one. I've found "counter-stamps" on Kennedy halves too......while "Silver huntin'". I'm still waiting to find a Mason symbol on a Lincoln ! Those seem to be everywhere except "my" coin table ! ....... 
Edited by eaglefoot 10/18/2011 1:49 pm
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
thats kinda cool I just found a 69-D with a counterstamp of kennedy facing lincoln yesterday I thought it was wierd at first but its kinda cool
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Pillar of the Community
United States
917 Posts |
Do you mean something like this eaglefoot? I'm not sure if this is considered a counter stamp all I know is thats the Mason symbol. 
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Valued Member
United States
132 Posts |
those are cool lincolns! I wonder if a set like that has been made.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I thought someone once posted that a complete series of post mint stamped coins were made and put in a frame. Not sure what was on those. Not sure if other Zoos do this but at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, they have many machines that you put a Cent in and for $0.50 it makes it into an animal thing on the coins.
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Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
That's awesome! I wanna buy it, is it for sale?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
Very kewl, I have a couple of the Kennedy facing Lincoln on the cent.
The NASA ones are very nice.
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