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Oh. My.  |
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Sorry for the poor pics, but this is a tough coin that you don't see very often. Old cleaning is apparent, looks better in hand.   |
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Cleaned or not, she is very nice!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks. It's a fairly difficult date to find in nice condition, with an original mintage of only 44K before the changeover to the Arrows & Rays variety, with a mintage of over 12 million.
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A tough hole filled is still a hole filled.  |
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1854-O half dollar   |
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Here's a counterstamped 1853 quarter. It's not pretty, but it's one of ONLY two known, so far. Not many counterstamped coins came out of Iowa. Here are notes from my database (pardon the caps): JOHN D. GRAFFORT OPERATED THE GRAFFORT HOUSE, LOCATED AT 3RD & BLUFF IN DUBUQUE, IOWA, FROM ABOUT 1858 UNTIL IT BURNED IN 1862. IT WAS A FIVE STORY MASONRY BUILDING, HAVING A SALOON AND BARBERSHOP. ROOMS WERE $1 A DAY FOR TRANSIENTS AND $3.50 FOR THE WEEK. IT WAS LATER REBUILT. THIS IS A DISCOVERY COIN AS RULAU AND BRUNK LISTED BUT ONE KNOWN PIECE, BEING AN 1835 QUARTER. NOTE THE USE OF AN APOSTROPHE WHERE A COMMA SHOULD HAVE BEEN. TWO STAMPS WERE USED FOR THE BUSINESS NAME AND THE TOWN, AND THEY ARE NOT SO WELL ALIGNED ON THE 1835 QUARTER. GIVEN THAT THIS 1853 QUARTER IS HOLED, IT WAS LIKELY USED AS A TAG OF SORTS; POSSIBLY, EVEN RESURRECTED FROM THE FIRE? THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN THE WHIZZING OR HARSH CLEANING IT UNDERWENT.  |
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Here's a counterstamped 1853 Half Dime. Dave Bowers managed to attribute this mysterious issuer, linking the USE G.G.G. slogan to contemporary advertising. Well over fifty of the USE G.G.G. and USE G.G.G.G. counterstamps are known. My database notes are as follows (pardon the caps). GOODWIN'S GRAND GOOSE GREASE AND GOODWIN'S GRAND GREASE JUICE WERE PATENTED AS HAIR TONIC AND BREATH PERFUME, RESPECTIVELY. CHARLES H.GOODWIN, AN APOTHECARY, WAS LOCATED AT 49 WATER STREET IN EXETER, NH.   |
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Here's a counterstamped 1853 half dollar. Unlisted by Brunk, this is one that I was personally able to attribute this counterstamp. C.M. HOOKER was a dentist and inventor, located in Litchfield and Hartford, CT, respectively. My database notes are as follows (pardon the caps). CHAUNCEY M. HOOKER WAS GRANTED PATENT #58,257 ON MAY 1 1866 FOR A DENTISTS' TOOTH PLUGGER. BORN IN 1816, HE DIED IN 1872 AND WAS BURIED IN LITCHFIELD. IN 1855, HE WAS PRACTICING IN LITCHFIELD AT NO. 6 SOUTH ST., BUT BY 1857, HE HAD MOVED TO HARTFORD. HIS OFFICE WAS LOCATED ABOVE THE CITY BANK AT 5 KINGSLEY ST.; THEN, TO 297 MAIN ST. BY 1860. HE ALSO INVENTED AN AUTOMATIC MALLET AND GAVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ADMINISTERING ANESTHETICS. IT IS NOTED THAT HE USED "C.M. HOOKER" IN HIS ADVERTISING, AND THE TERM "DR." WAS ABSENT, AS IS SO IN THE COUNTERSTAMP.   |
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Here's a counterstamped 1853 dime. The original attribution of this RUDOLPH mark by Rulau and Brunk may well be in error. Rudiolf stamped around three dozen coins or more, being dimes and quarters. The latest date known is 1861. The practice of stamping coins came to a virtual standstill upon the outset of the Civil War. Hard money was then being hoarded. Notes from my database on this counterstamp are as follows (pardon the caps). BRUNK REPORTS THAT JAMES FERDINAND RUDOLPH WAS INITIALLY A DRUGGIST IN PHILADELPHIA FROM 1844-55, WHEN HE RELOCATED TO CALIFORNIA. THERE, HE PURCHASED THE SHOP OF DR. W.G. ALBAN AT 21 COMMERCIAL ST. IN NEVADA CITY. HE ADVERTISED IN 1856, USING ONLY HIS LAST NAME. IN 1861, HE ENTERED INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH A MR. HUNT. RUDOLPH APPEARS ALONE IN AN 1885 DIRECTORY AT 823 K STREET IN SACRAMENTO. J.F. RUDOLPH WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA ON 7-20-1817, ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA IN 1854 AND THEN SETTLING IN NEVADA CITY. HIS WIFE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER OF SOME EMINENCE. JAMES WAS A MEMBER OF THE CAL. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, MUCH ENGAGED IN THE TESTING OF WATER; THIS, EVEN PROVIDING EVIDENCE IN A CASE OF POISONING. THIS COULD WELL BE THE RETAIL MARK OF CHARLES F. RUDOLPH WHO WAS A JEWELER IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE FROM 1856-1908. I HAVE A SPOON WITH A SIMILAR RETAIL MARK THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THIS SILVERSMITH.   Here's the shank of a "C.F. Rudolph" spoon, bearing a similar mark:  P.S. - I've yet to locate a Liberty Seated $1 that's been counterstamped. Anybody got one? |
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This is a great thread - glad traffic has picked up again!
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I've not seen any counter stamped Seated dollars, but every time I open my Dansco 7070, I get to see this coin again. Its beginning to get some peripheral toning from the album. Its been in there 5 yeaars or more. I forget exactly when I bought it. Might take pics of a quarter or two ... Chance   |
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Thems are purty... Here's my 1842 Half Dime. She 's bought an ice cream or 2 ... but I still love 'er just the same. Chance   |
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