Official "Post A Counterstamp" Thread....

When I see a combination of upper-lower case letters, stamped in italics, my first thought is that the issuer was likely a jeweler and/or watchmaker. Doing a quick search of online, period directories, I found three parties named Wm. L. Dodge; none of whom had an occupation that would make me suspect this counterstamp to be their issue.

Doing a patent search, I did find a Wm. L. Dodge who MAY have used this mark. he patented a cylinder cock, patent #445,979 on February 10, and a turner for griddle cakes. patent #550.556 on Nov. 26, 1895. Ideally, one would need to see this counterstamp on one of the patents. Sometimes, it takes finding additional coins with more information to absolutely attribute a counterstamp. While the W in Dodge's name is most likely for William, it could be Walter, Warren or a variety of other names. It often takes a good deal of time and patience to attribute these puppies. Erroneous attributions are not uncommon.

For what it's worth, Brunk has not as yet listed the W.L. DODGE counterstamp. Presently, there are probably far more unlisted or as-yet-to-be-listed counterstamps out there, than there are listed counterstamps. I have approximately 1,000 pieces that have yet to be listed. Oftentimes, sellers use the "unlisted" aspect to suggest rarity for a piece. Being unlisted or as yet unrecorded, undocumented is by no means a true measure of value for counterstamps. There are many more important aspects to be weighed, and value is often left to the eye of the beholder. Generally, when it comes to population numbers, all counterstamps tend to qualify as "rare" and the S-VDB's are far more plentiful.

wow that was alot of help. i'll keep my search for any new info on this Dodge character.

That is all that matters!

Those are neat

lol jbuck. I was thinking Aaron Rogers.

Found in a batch of junk silver:

Remote possibility it might be connected to WW1, but only because it's a 1918 coin.

My first thought was ww2 airborne about 5 mins after you posted it so I think we are on to something here... and it can be ww2 just as much as ww1 but if ww1 it would not be airborne of coarse but perhaps aviation. Get it, the arrow pointing up to an aviator... all pure speculation however