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Posted 07/02/2016 10:28 pm
While I believe the letters are stamped I wonder if each letter wasn't constructed using a couple of shape stamps to build a letter.
The reason I am swaying this way is look at the E in the first line and the second line.
The bottom leg of the E Heil is slanted upwards while the E in Hitler has parallel top and bottom bars.
The H in the Heil has the top legs touching while the bottom doesn't. One could claim that the top H was struck stronger than the bottom H but then does not show weakness to the right vertical leg. The top L appears to have been struck twice as the vertical leg appears twice slightly offset from the other.
HOWEVER I guess I have as much counter evidence to contradict most of what I said above.
I have counterstamped a coin or 2 over the years.
Depending on the hammer strike compared to the punch you get different strike pressure and end results. The weak right vertical leg on the top H could have been caused by the hammer hitting the punch more on the right on top of the stamp rather than dead square center. The double stamped top row L with only the vertical leg showing doubling could have been caused by a strong hammer strike to the bottom of the punch leaving the top detail missing and the perpetrator doing their best to try and line the punch back up to the half of the letter and restamping it.
The lack of deformation on the obverse opposite the reverse stamping still puzzles me. I guess if the coin was MS / AU in say 1933 there would have been a lot more metal on the obverse. If it was distorted at the time was the coin circulated it could have worn down to a level across the entire surface state. If you took a VF example and counterstamped it I guess the equivalent to hide the deformation would be to wear it down to a G / AG grade.
Just some more food for thought.
The reason I am swaying this way is look at the E in the first line and the second line.
The bottom leg of the E Heil is slanted upwards while the E in Hitler has parallel top and bottom bars.
The H in the Heil has the top legs touching while the bottom doesn't. One could claim that the top H was struck stronger than the bottom H but then does not show weakness to the right vertical leg. The top L appears to have been struck twice as the vertical leg appears twice slightly offset from the other.
HOWEVER I guess I have as much counter evidence to contradict most of what I said above.
I have counterstamped a coin or 2 over the years.
Depending on the hammer strike compared to the punch you get different strike pressure and end results. The weak right vertical leg on the top H could have been caused by the hammer hitting the punch more on the right on top of the stamp rather than dead square center. The double stamped top row L with only the vertical leg showing doubling could have been caused by a strong hammer strike to the bottom of the punch leaving the top detail missing and the perpetrator doing their best to try and line the punch back up to the half of the letter and restamping it.
The lack of deformation on the obverse opposite the reverse stamping still puzzles me. I guess if the coin was MS / AU in say 1933 there would have been a lot more metal on the obverse. If it was distorted at the time was the coin circulated it could have worn down to a level across the entire surface state. If you took a VF example and counterstamped it I guess the equivalent to hide the deformation would be to wear it down to a G / AG grade.
Just some more food for thought.
