I finally bought one of these counterstamped semi-official coins a couple of months ago. I've noticed that mine, and all the others I can see pics of in Krause and on the Internet, appear to have the counterstamped lettering deliberately blackened. Does anyone know whether this is in fact the case?
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Every one of these that I have seen has black letters so I would assume they were blackened on purpose. It can't be natural toning or tarnish. It seems way to uniform.
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