Punch Mark -- 1798 Draped Bust Large Cent

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circusmax120 Valued Member United States 319 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 2:06 pm Can anyone shed some light on the triangular punch mark on this Large Cent? When might it have been done...and for what purpose? Report this Post to the Staff

ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 3:35 pm Iluminati! I have no idea, could've been made by a kid with a knife and nothing better to do. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 5:37 pm Must be an EACer out there who could provide some insight. Report this Post to the Staff
circusmax120 Valued Member United States 319 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 10:56 pm I'm aware that punchmarking (or countermarking)was intiated for any number of reasons. Including changing the face value of a coin, or to legitimize a foreign coin as legal tender. I'm just curious as to the reason for this mark on this coin. After looking at hundreds of Large Cent pics...I haven't seen a countermarked specimen. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 07/30/2015 12:13 pm Just because someone punches something into a coin it doesn't have to mean something. For every counterstamp that does have a known, traceable meaning, there ate probably a hundred or more just random punches with no more "meaning" than boredom. Usually you can only say a punchmark has a meaning if the same mark has been found on multiple pieces (even then we may not know what it means or who did it), or if it is recognized from another source (Such and a makers mark punch on a persons principal product.) Edited by Conder101 07/30/2015 12:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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