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Makitag Valued Member Canada 52 Posts	Posted 01/28/2023 6:45 pm Found this Bouquet Sous with the number 38 counter stamped on the reverse just after Montreal - the placement seems very intentional. In addition, this token was ICCS certified with no mention of the counter stamp. Any words of wisdom on the possible origin or rationale of this counter stamp? Edited by Makitag 01/28/2023 6:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/28/2023 8:32 pm Unusual, thanks for sharing! to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog 01/28/2023 8:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 01/29/2023 3:17 pm Some heavy doubling on Montreal there Report this Post to the Staff
Makitag Valued Member Canada 52 Posts	Posted 01/29/2023 11:04 pm Yeah - it is an interesting piece for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
Makitag Valued Member Canada 52 Posts	Posted 04/24/2023 10:24 pm I thought I would revive this post. I think part of the mystery has been solved. The answer to the meaning of the countermark was right under my nose - "38" is the Courteau number for this piece. A couple questions still remain - who might have done this and why? Was someone cataloguing for varieties or grading? Would Courteau himself have done this - that would be a very neat piece of history but doubtful that he would put a countermark on a token. Any other thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff
purelywasted Pillar of the Community Canada 1505 Posts	Posted 04/25/2023 05:49 am Not sure, I have one with a 57 on it Report this Post to the Staff
Makitag Valued Member Canada 52 Posts	Posted 04/25/2023 8:55 pm Also a very interesting piece - thanks for sharing. Is that an LC-5A5 (hopefully not a plain edge)? In which case I wonder what the "57" represents. It would be so interesting to learn the "why" behind these. Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 04/26/2023 1:02 pm How, and or why, was the counter-stamp left off of the certification? After decimals came out a lot of these got used for things like coat check tags, key tags etc. Interesting yes, but still a problem coin. Edited by Wade 04/26/2023 1:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 04/26/2023 1:45 pm Wade ... For those (cents and tokens) that have holes, they were also used as ID's for miners, large factories, refineries, etc for accidents, fires, cave-ins, etc where they weren't sure who was who. They would check in on the board by their number and then check back out, same number. Report this Post to the Staff
Makitag Valued Member Canada 52 Posts	Posted 04/26/2023 7:21 pm Yes - I was really shocked that this wasn't mentioned on the certification as well. Report this Post to the Staff
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