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Valued Member
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Just got this quarter in pocket change. I know a quarter is 1/4 of a dollar, but why and who would have a reason to do this?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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United States
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Can you post an image of the whole coin, please?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, it's common practice to post full, large and sharp pics the obverse and reverse. Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not even sure what I'm supposed to be looking at.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73712 Posts |
Looks like a counterstamp.
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
Agree that it appears to be a counterstamp.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok, nobody follows links anymore... QuarterNotes or The Quarter Master is an anonymous benefactor who counterstamps US quarters, primarily state series. Other than his eponymous 1/4 NOTES stamp, they stamp mostly with short puns or snarky comments about the state. The action primarily happens over on CoinTalk with frequent giveaways and gifts sent to random individuals. There have even been a few contests to find new things to stamp. The general action of using stamps (together or individual letters) is called counterstamping, also countermarking and it goes back (at least) to the mid-1800s when coins were frequently stamped for advertising and sometimes as admission tokens. The canonical classical book is Brunk's "Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins: Advertising on the World's Smallest Billboards" http://goccf.com/t/186369Note that the site referenced in the CCF post is no longer active. The book itself is out of print and has become horribly expensive. Cataloging information: https://search.worldcat.org/en/titl...clc/54990400-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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BStrarss3, thanks. Quite interesting.I wish I could learn how (and with what affordable equipment )I could use to take decent photos of coins. I'm not there yet. Gigi2
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Thanks BStrauss3 for the link AND the summary too.
Yes, this is a counterstamped quarter.
@Gigi: to get decent images, I just use my cell phone to get full coin images - I think that everybody has a cell by now
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Pillar of the Community
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Gigi - Cell phone, a lamp, and a stack of books.
Position the lamp so the area in front of the books is lit (I have under-counter kitchen lighting, which works too).
Keep adding books until the phone camera focuses on the coin and you can see the whole thing. Gently touch the button to snap the picture. Press the edit icon and crop so you have just the coin and a small amount around the edge.
Even a five-year-old cell phone camera will take pictures good enough for these purposes.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Gently touch the button to snap the picture. You may want to set the timer to 3 seconds or more. Most iPhones seem to work fine without the timer, but my Moto close-up photos are always blurry without it (from the subtle movement of the phone from touching it). |
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Gently touch the button to snap the picture. Depending on the phone's camera app, you can do either of the above, but I have mine voice activated - so I set up the shot say " SMILE" and the picture is automatically taken - all hands off to help reduce movement and blurriness Edited by Dearborn
05/20/2024 12:36 pm
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I have mine voice activated - so I set up the shot say "SMILE" and the picture is automatically taken - all hands off to help reduce movement and blurriness A great suggestion.  |
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Countermarks, also called counterstamps have been around a long time. I have several ancient Greek coins and Roman coins with them. I have an ancient coin from ancient Ashkelon Israel, countermarked LX by the Tenth Roman Legion after defeating Israel and controlling the area.
Edited by livingwater
05/20/2024 6:17 pm
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