Official "Post A Counterstamp" Thread....

The cross is a cut-out, not a counterstamp. I've often given these out in change, and I suspect that other Christians have done likewise.

Returning home from a distant coin show one day, I stopped at a fast food restaurant for a burger. It was about 2pm, and business was slow. I gave one of these cut-out cents to a girl at the register. She marveled at it and called a few fellow workers to see it. They liked it, so I gave them one, too. The manager came to see what the celebration was about. She said it was illegal to deface coins, and I tried to assure her it was not; this, unless a fraud was committed. She got angry, saying her father was a cop. I told her that there were no laws against the practice, and she walked off in a huff. I witnessed three other happy faces though!

@ HumblePie .... Stories about coins tend to be a driving force for me. I appreciate a pretty coin or token as much as the next guy, but the story is what ultimately makes a coin special, methinks.

Regarding that A.A. c/s .... American Airlines or Alcoholics Anonymous? It's a toss-up!

I totally agree with you on that ExoGuy!

chafemasterj - that was quite an AA list for sure, I did not read them all. Wondering if "Abraham Assassination" was on there. I'm sure that is not what the AA is for, just a random thought, haha.

Here are two that I had mixed in with all of my Masonic counter stamps. Recently I discovered that they are for a different organization. (apparently associated with freemasonry in some way) The search is on to see if I have any other different ones hiding amongst my Masonic counter Stamps.

The organization has roots going back to the mid 1100s. I didn't read this whole Wikipedia post yet but when I have time I look forward to learning more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knigh...#Freemasonry

EDIT: Upon doing some reading here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia posting.

Freemasonry has incorporated the symbols and rituals of several medieval military orders in a number of Masonic bodies since the 18th century at least.[6] This can be seen in the "Red Cross of Constantine," inspired by the Military Constantinian Order; the "Order of Malta," inspired by the Knights Hospitaller; and the "Order of the Temple", inspired by the Knights Templar. The Orders of Malta and the Temple feature prominently in the York Rite. One theory on the origin of Freemasonry claims direct descent from the historical Knights Templar through its final fourteenth-century members who allegedly took refuge in Scotland and aided Robert the Bruce in his victory at Bannockburn. This theory is usually rejected by both Masonic authorities[109] and historians due to lack of evidence.[110][111]

Modern popular culture
Main article: Knights Templar in popular culture
The Knights Templar have become associated with legends concerning secrets and mysteries handed down to the select from ancient times. Rumours circulated even during the time of the Templars themselves. Masonic writers added their own speculations in the 18th century, and further fictional embellishments have been added in popular novels such as Ivanhoe, Foucault's Pendulum, and The Da Vinci Code,[6] modern movies such as National Treasure, The Last Templar, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the television series Knightfall, as well as video games such as Broken Sword, Deus Ex, Assassin's Creed and Dante's Inferno.[112]

Beginning in the 1960s, there have been speculative popular publications surrounding the order's early occupation of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and speculation about what relics the Templars may have found there, such as the quest for the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant,[113] or the historical accusation of idol worship (Baphomet) transformed into a context of "witchcraft".[114]

The association of the Holy Grail with the Templars has precedents even in 12th-century fiction; Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival calls the knights guarding the Grail Kingdom templeisen, apparently a conscious fictionalisation of the templarii.[115]



Knight's Templar Counter Stamps...

Seems to be endless...I might be getting the bug!!

KK

Nice Rothery. That's one I don't have or haven't even seen before. Did you come by it CRH?

This is a copy of a previous post I made yesterday. Thought I'd share here too.

Posting this Victory Penny because of 2020. It's been a rough one for sure.

1941-P These are called Victory Pennies. At the end of WWII they were stamped and typically made into pins. Many times another coin would be domed to look like the helmets worn by the soldiers and hung below this coin. The V was typically painted red, white and blue. This example looks like it was polished, removing any of the possibly existing paint remnants.

http://www.stewartsmilitaryantiques....archive.htm



Here is a more complete, intact example: