I've Never Seen This Before. What Happened With This 1990?

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Sadieangel2 Valued Member United States 84 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 6:08 pm What happened? I've never seen this before. Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 6:11 pm That is called a counter stamp. It was added to the coin. Sometimes they are just initials: Other times there are themes: But they are added to the coin Post Strike. So they a damaged. Some like them though. Report this Post to the Staff
jdiablo30 Pillar of the Community United States 946 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 6:18 pm That looks like JFK. I have a countetstamped one with JFK as well..Looks like a different stamp though Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 6:18 pm Quote: Counterstamped coins, also known as countermarked or punchmarked coins. During the 1800's, it was popular for merchants to stamp coins for advertising purposes. Large cents were the coin of choice for advertising. The merchants would place their stamp on a cent and put it back into circulation. It got their name out to the public without a real cost involved. Some merchants would stamp thousands of coins. The most popular counterstamps were for medicine or doctors. The early counterstamps are sought by collectors, but the more modern versions are more a a novelty that carry little to no premium. http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/C...20Cents.html Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 6:24 pm to CCF, as mentioned before, this is not an error, it is a counterstamped coin. There is no premium added Report this Post to the Staff
aristarchus123 Pillar of the Community United States 1695 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 9:56 pm This particular counterstamp is explained here: https://goccf.com/t/126486&whichpage=25#2260200 Report this Post to the Staff
Sadieangel2 Valued Member United States 84 Posts	Posted 08/25/2016 10:06 pm Thank you everyone..... Report this Post to the Staff
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