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Nice run, Dearborn!  Quote: This is my 35,000th post! Congratulations! 
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Excellent counterstamps, Dearborn, and congratulations on the  ! When's the next contest? 
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thanks EV! not easy getting here, but here I am  Quote:Excellent counterstamps,  Dearborn, and congratulations on the Thanks Hondo but maybe in 1.5 months when I get another 5K posts! 
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A recent auction pickup, this silver shilling token dated 1804 -- very rare nowadays in any condition -- was issued by Clark & West, a noted goldsmiths and jewelry firm in Dublin, Ireland. The countermarks, also known as "cartouches," had a couple of purposes. First, their harp motifs rooted these "British shilling" pieces in Ireland; otherwise there was really nothing to distinguish them from any old silver shilling token circulating in England at the time. And second, these c/m's served as respected Clark & West hallmarks that essentially vouched for the token's silver content. County Dublin, Dalton 1, RR. 
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Very cool addition, daltonista! 
Errers and Varietys.
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Excellent! 
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Fantastic, daltonista!
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Colombia 5 Centavos 1886 c/s T Q. Unlikely that the purpose of this counterstamp will ever be known. 
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Quote: Colombia 5 Centavos 1886 c/s T Q. Unlikely that the purpose of this counterstamp will ever be known. Very interesting! 
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Nice counterstamp, Hondo Boguss.
Errers and Varietys.
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Thank you, jbuck and Errers!
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Havent chimed in on this thread for awhile but I do keep an eye on here... love everything thats been posted, keep it up!
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