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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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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 *** Edited by Staff to Add Year to Title. It's very important to have in the title. *** 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Haven't seen this one. Others can weigh-in.
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Moderator
 United States
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Same here, never seen this one before.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Valued Member
Netherlands
175 Posts |
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-detailThe illustration below is copied from this website. 
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Pillar of the Community
 Netherlands
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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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 United States
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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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Valued Member
 United States
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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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 United States
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Interesting counterstamp. JSYK - the base coin was minted in Denver and appears to be in mid-AU condition.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can't shed any light, but sure is a nice piece.
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United States
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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:  Source: https://www.silvercollection.it/DIC...ERLANDS.HTMLScottish:  Source: https://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.htmlIf this mark were real, it would be overstating the purity a bit (92.5% instead of 90%).
Edited by AllSeasons 06/01/2023 03:20 am
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