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Techmark New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/22/2013 6:11 pm I was wondering if anyone could tell me why someone would stamp the initials J.B.F in this 1803 One Cent coin? Was it done near the time of minting or much later on? Report this Post to the Staff

mackwork Pillar of the Community United States 652 Posts	Posted 09/23/2013 07:06 am It's called a counterstamp - done sometime after minting. There are counterstamp collectors, and they favor the ones that can be identified as to by whom/when the counterstamp was done. If you could identify who the initials belong to that would make it more valuable. Report this Post to the Staff
Techmark New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/23/2013 4:52 pm Thanks for the information "mackwork". Do you know why anyone would counterstamp? Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 09/23/2013 5:06 pm There are lots of reasons why someone would counterstamp a coin: anniversary, wedding, birth, new business, and others. Your counterstamp doesn't look worn or new, so I would guess it was done around the turn of the century. I have a 1976 Lincoln Cent stamped to celebrate the US bicentennial. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2012 Pillar of the Community United States 8137 Posts	Posted 10/04/2013 3:32 pm That is a nice Lincoln Cent Fuzzy! It might have been made into a love token way back when, but I don't know. I have seen a few counter-stamped coins With the same style of writing,just not on a large cent. Report this Post to the Staff
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