Need Help Identifying 1941 Nickel With An Anchor And US On It

That is a counterstamp, in the rough shape of the US Navy Emblem. No telling what it really represents and who may have done it, WW2 serviceman perhaps?

There are those who do collect counterstamped coins, especially if themed as WW2, Military and USN. Maybe you could start a counterstamp collection?

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Nice find. That's a counterstamp I've never seen, but there are tens of thousands of different ones known.

Good luck with the Buffalo. They are also an amazing historical association piece that you can own for a modest price.

I've never seen that one either but I like it. I can see why it's a favorite of yours. Very nice!

Bear with me here. That stamp looked familiar at first but I couldn't place it. I was in the Marine Corps stationed at a Naval Air Station. Mind you this was more recent than your coin, 1989-1990ish. One day I was with either a civilian or active duty guy that took care of maintenance around the base. He had to replace a padlock that someone had messed with. We stopped at his shop, he grabs a lock, sets it on his workbench and WHAM. Hits it with a 2 lb sledge and a stamp. From my memory the stamp looked very similar to yours, just a little bigger maybe. After he scared the crap out of me by stamping while I wasn't looking I remember him saying something to the effect of,"If you think that was loud you should hear when I stamp the." I don't remember.



So I think stamps like this were used to stamp items that the Navy wanted to identify as theirs. Be it a lock or piece of equipment. Thought I'd share my story. Hope it gave some insight.

Edit: By the way. Welcome to the Forum! You've come to a great place to share and learn.

Searching "US anchor stamp" shows some very close matches, and one related to something about binoculars http://www.company7.com/library/sard_7x50_mk.html had this tidbit:

"Above at Left: U.S. Navy Quartermaster property acceptance stamp of this era, this on the packing carton of our SARD 7x50 Mark XLIV Mod. 0 binocular "



It's interesting to me how care was taken to stamp the circle on your coin right in the center of the obverse and in the center of Montecello's dome on the reverse. Given what @chafemasterj says, you'd have to presume this was a Quartermaster's stamp used on a nickel during the WWII era. Very cool.

Soooo Weird, I just registered today to show you this....


SO I wonder what the other markings mean? The "F" in the shield & the numbers?

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Very nice counterstamp! It also carries very important history behind it as well. I would keep it.