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@ NSS-52 This c/s looks like it might have belonged to an early toolmaker. It's extremely well cut, and I suspect that the maker produced fine, precision tools of some sort. No clues found in the Directory of American Toolmakers.
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Lentils for soup -try Nevills -Datent Britania Georgius III.D.G.Rex 1806 ( from : my scrap coin collection )   Edited by Dorado
03/15/2017 10:14 pm
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@Dorado .... Cool piece that I've not before seen. You can likely find some history on Nevill and his "Patent" soup!
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Very nice, Dorado!  |
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I completely understand that this is a post mint mark, however I have never seen one like this. I bought it just cause it was odd to me. What is your feedback. (Only payed $20 so not a big loss for my curiosity ) Thank You  |
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@jbedwell ... If the reverse has a CC mintmark, you've scored! Otherwise, $20 is a fair price for random initials, offering virtually no chance of attribution; this, considering it's a silver dollar. I do suspect that there are a few collectors out there, I'm not one of them, who are assembling date and/or year sets of Morgans, bearing counterstamps. Any collector doing that might pay a modest premium for a piece like this. Then too, so might someone who has those initials in his name.
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03/31/2017 12:26 am
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Thank you for the information!
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 Not so bad.....now look what date it is  . 1811!! |
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Welcome to the counterstamp thread, Fireball. While I'd never be one to turn my nose up at the more modern, novelty counterstamps like these Lincoln cents, I far prefer those from the 1800's that are telling of the the times back when. In a way, possibly the "smoking" Lincolns might be related to the issue of nicotine/tobacco and public awareness? If so, I've yet to see one with old Abe, puffing on a bong. The Kennedy counterstamp was part of a novelty item that drew parallels between Lincoln and Kennedy. For example, Abe reportedly had a secretary named Kennedy, whereas Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln (apparently, not true). Googling "Lincoln, Kennedy, parallels" the many true coincidences are documented by Wikipedia .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linco...urban_legendEdited by ExoGuy
05/28/2017 06:51 am
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Edited by Dorado
05/28/2017 1:20 pm
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Guatemala 1894 Silver 1/2 Real Countermark Peru 1884 TF Sol Very nice! It rather blends in with the design in a way. |
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Recently, I've been photographing my large cents for posting to the 117 Days of US coins thread: http://goccf.com/t/283922and I happened upon this 1833 cent with a counterstamp. It is simply the numbers 1 7 8 2 each punched in separately. Interestingly, the 1 is significantly doubled and the 8 (or is that a 3 maybe?) and 2 are slightly doubled. I know that in 1782, Robert Morris recommended to the US Congress that we have a mint. Maybe this is related? I don't have much hope of getting a better understanding about the reason for this counterstamp, but I figure if anyone might know, it will be you guys. Any ideas?  [Edit: I just noticed that George Washington was born in 1732 AD, so maybe this is a bit of a tribute to him on what would be his 99th birthday?]    "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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06/03/2017 10:20 pm
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Sorry, Spence, I've not a clue on this maverick. George Washington was born in 1732, if that's the date.
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06/03/2017 10:24 pm
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Ahh well thanks for taking a look at it @exoguy. I knew there wasn't much chance of a better identification.
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