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Pillar of the Community
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Forgot the name for these, found it while CRHing Are they technically considered damage, meaning the only value they have is the "coolness" factor?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find! I believe it is referred to as a Masonic Counterstamp.
Technically it is damage, yes, but It is considered a collectible item for the coolness factor as you mentioned.
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
Edited by CoinHunter27
05/05/2020 8:45 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you CH27!
That's what I was looking for, counterstamp. Oh very interesting, doesn't a Masonic stamp represent brotherhood or something like that?
Edited by SilverCents
05/05/2020 8:48 pm
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@sc, if you use the keywords MASONIC COUNTERSTAMP to search, you will find multiple good threads discussing these. I believe that they are a specific area of interest for our @chafemasterj.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Pillar of the Community
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I actually just did that a few minutes ago. These things are quite interesting. And yes I saw that chafemasterj has over 900 counterstamps, a large majority of them being Masonic.
Very interesting, thanks Spence!
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05/05/2020 9:38 pm
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Nice find!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I like it  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I never find these. Very cool. Only one Ive ever found was stamped with Santa Clause..  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks everyone!
I was just casually picking it up from the pile, put it in the microscope, and the thing just shot straight up at me, almost fell out of my seat.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It could have been worse?  Edited by coop
05/07/2020 11:36 am
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