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1937 Bank Of Lower Canada 1/2 Penny Counterstamped

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 Posted 03/09/2015  10:49 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add robmck1967 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Does anyone have any info on this token with the counterstamp MORRILL? Thanks in advance!



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here's a link to an interesting list of counterstamp's on coins.
http://www.exonumia.com/art/cmc.htm
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it reminded me of this coin with another counterstamp...sorry the pics are old, but I will have to dig up that coin again from the safe to take better pics...



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Thanks for the link! Wow! That is a huge list.
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this one's on the list but is it this one lol, good luck Rob.
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I was unable to locate any reference to this name in
Brunk's tome in 'American and Canadian Countermarked Coins.'

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these are of the best coins ive seen with counterstamps...or trench art as some would call it...

His name is shaun hughes.....below is a link to a site showing him doing some work to a coin:

http://shaun750.deviantart.com/art/...in-360179571

Here are some of his works:



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aardspeed, those are "hobo" coins, not counterstamps. These are done very well!
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