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Unidentified Counterstamp On Gold Third-Guinea

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 Posted 03/19/2018  06:28 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add wossip to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Does anyone know the significance of the counterstamp on my 1806 British Third-Guinea?(7 shillings).
It seems to have an 'S' over a horse which is running right, over a numeral '5' on its side, with a dot below. All in a small ornate heart-shaped cartouche.
Not just a casual stamp, I believe, but, in view of the amount of detail on so small a stamp, an official one.
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 Posted 03/20/2018  12:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Numismat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Possibly a hallmark? Seems to fit the style of one.
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 Posted 04/08/2018  10:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wossip to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Never seen a hallmark anything like this.
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 Posted 04/08/2018  10:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would also bet that it`s a silversmith`s hallmark stamp. Given the amount of detail and intricacy. Just what a craftsman would want their stamp to be.

Post it here as well if you'd like: http://goccf.com/t/126486

There are some people there that know a lot about counterstamps.
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection:
http://goccf.com/t/303507
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@wossip, have you looked here yet: http://www.925-1000.com/ ?
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 Posted 04/10/2018  09:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wossip to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My thanks to both for their helpful suggestions.
I didn't know about them.
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