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blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 10/25/2007 10:28 am Anyone have any idea who W. Nash was and why he did this to this poor farthing?! Report this Post to the Staff

hussulo Valued Member United Kingdom 91 Posts	Posted 10/25/2007 11:16 am Sorry I don't, but often you come across coins which have one side smoothed down and then carve their initials into it. These "love tokens" were then given to their partners for keepsakes. Sometimes people just liked to personalise a coin as a lucky charm or pocket piece. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/25/2007 1:23 pm I also have no idea who W.Nash was, but it took a lot of pressure to stamp this coin as clear and deep as it is. I don't think it was done by hand but by machine. Report this Post to the Staff
blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 10/25/2007 5:12 pm yes it does look like its done by machine, they've really damaged the coin to do it. I wonder if he did lots of coins or just this one. Report this Post to the Staff
Philip Smither Valued Member United Kingdom 59 Posts	Posted 10/25/2007 5:19 pm I think its cool, not a unique idea to stamp coins but unique in itself, shame we don't know the story behind it, may have been interesting Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 10/26/2007 06:22 am It would have most likely been done for advertising purposes, and was quite common until laws were passed to prevent this very thing. I assume you found it in Australia, blueczar? Such a counterstamp could have been applied in Australia, or it could have been done back in the Old Country, or even in another British colony. Some studies of advertising countermarks have been made, and there are some folks who collect them. The very first issue of the Queensland Numismatic Society Magazine in July 1986 contains an article on countermarks found on Australian trade tokens; unfortunately, "W. Nash" isn't on this list. Searching the web, this guy has written a book on world advertising countermarks, and lists all the ones he knows about on his website; "W. Nash" isn't on his list, either. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
blueczar1512 Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 10/28/2007 5:49 pm advertising on coins.. thats bizarre. Imagine if they still did it. Yes it came from a collection from South Australia along with alot of other old coins. Thanks for checking the sites, I just emailed them with the image so maybe they'll add Mr. Nash to their list. Report this Post to the Staff
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