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Pillar of the Community
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That will make me want to buy from your store, SSP-Ottawa
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's a few I found recently. One box of cents had 4 in it but I think 3 of them (the Batman and the Jen & Cody wedding Sept 21, 2013) are engraved as you can see the zinc along the edge of the design and it is just to complex for a stamp. I'm not sure what the 40 / 8 in a triangle stands for.   |
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United States
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The 40/8 is a organization within the American Legion. The coin must have been handed out as a memento at a convention. Here's a brief history of the 40&8 Quote:
La Societe des Quarante Hommes at Huit Chevaux is an independent fraternal organization of US Veterans, more commonly known as the Forty & Eight.
The Forty & Eight was formed in 1920 by American Legionnaires as an honor society and from it's earliest days it has been committed to charitable aims. Membership is by invitation for members of the American Legion who have shown exemplary service. All Forty & Eight members are thus Veterans of congressionally recognized wartime periods via their Legion membership.
The Forty & Eight's titles and symbols reflect it's First World War origins. American servicemen in France were transported to the battle front on narrow gauge French railroads (Chemin de Fer) inside boxcars (Voitures) that were half the size of American boxcars. Each French boxcar was stenciled with a "40/8", denoting its capacity to hold either forty men or eight horses. This ignominious and uncomfortable mode of transportation was familiar to all who traveled from the coast to the trenches; a common small misery among American soldiers who thereafter found "40/8" a lighthearted symbol of the deeper service, sacrifice and unspoken horrors of war that truly bind those who have borne the battle. Edited by schmidty
01/01/2015 7:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PS. I'm a Son of the American Legion; if that 40/8 coin is for sale, please let me know
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PS. I'm a Son of the American Legion; if that 40/8 coin is for sale, please let me know Message me your address and it's yours. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks a lot jack jeckel! Message sent
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks a lot jack jeckel! Message sent Did you get it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
677 Posts |
Sorry Jack, things have been crazy here and I totally forgot to tell you. Yes, I got it and I love it! Thanks a bunch!
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Valued Member
United States
129 Posts |
Found my first counterstamp. 1939 nickel with what appears to be an anchor.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I wasn't going to keep these, now I know what they are...counterstamps.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Counterstamped ender. Nice.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5208 Posts |
I occasionally find halves counter stamped with a P around here but I found this one in a box today.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Is there a ongoing list of penny counterstamps found and what their meaning or organization who stamped them was? So far, ive found 6 in the wild including 3 unique JFK counterstamps.
Thanks!
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03/31/2015 09:03 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Offhand, I've not heard of anyone tracking modern counterstamps such as these. As for the classics, Dr. Brunk is working on his third edition of merchant counterstamps.
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