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Half Dollar In Mint State (1964)

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 Posted 05/11/2023  05:51 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add vince1977 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi All,

In my collection I have an interesting piece. It has a dutch? countermark on it commemorating the relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

I try to figure out how many are made with this mark?

Does anyone happens to know this countermark over here

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 Posted 05/11/2023  07:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Haven't seen this one. Others can weigh-in.
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 Posted 05/11/2023  09:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very cool, thanks!
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 Posted 05/11/2023  10:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very interesting example.

The mark is just a counterstamp. Most likely applied by a private entity and sold as a souvenir. You can see more examples in these two topics:

http://goccf.com/t/126486
http://goccf.com/t/303507
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 Posted 05/11/2023  1:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Eligius to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Indeed a private counterstamp. I do not know who made these or the quantity issued. It is interesting that this coin has a pendant, a Dutch coin, commemorating the same event, but issued with an American Eagle stamp. One such coin is offered for sale here: https://www.david-coin.com/webshop/...erika-detail

The illustration below is copied from this website.

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 Posted 05/11/2023  1:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add vince1977 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I like the one with the dutch coin, thanks for sharing.

Thank you all for these comments. So likely a souvenir of some kind.

It is interesting to see that it happens more often. I knew the masonic stamp on the one pennies. However on dutch coins I have not seend them before.

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yeah, a souvenir coin someone stamped. (If I were to do that - I would have gotten a 1982 half dollar coin though)
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Fun Fact: John Adams spent time in the Netherlands and in 1782 signed the Dutch-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce. The Netherlands was the second country to recognize American independence after France.
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Interesting counterstamp. JSYK - the base coin was minted in Denver and appears to be in mid-AU condition.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art
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 Posted 05/11/2023  4:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Freespeech57 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can't shed any light, but sure is a nice piece.
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 Posted 06/01/2023  03:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AllSeasons to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I can see why you would think this is Dutch. For non-coin silver items, Dutch hallmarks use the lion rampant quite a bit, though they're right facing instead of left facing, which is more indicative of the British Isles. However, the English lion is not leaping, so there is a difference. The most similar one is from Glasgow, Scotland. You can see the images below.

I know this is a coin, not a silverware item, but I'm just having a little fun here :-)

Dutch:

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Source: https://www.silvercollection.it/DIC...ERLANDS.HTML

Scottish:

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Source: https://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html

If this mark were real, it would be overstating the purity a bit (92.5% instead of 90%).
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