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Anyone seen this before? Origin? Value if anything above face? Thanks and great forum!  |
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This is called a counter-stamp if I recall. Some folks collect them, but generally its a niche market.
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i save them, there are states, JFK and several others.....I'll post some pics of mine...nice find but as I said I hold on to all of mine, I don't know if I can get all 50 States but maybe someday
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Pillar of the Community
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i certainly will be saving it, maybe i'll ebay it next valatines holaday.:) Since its a more complicated die than simple numbers/letters, I am assuming a bunch where done for some reason. |
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Sorry staff will review as not sure yet but will find out what I did wrong rlcbj59
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I got it, I need to be a member for 90 days & have 250 Quality posts. sorry staff.  Edited by rlcbj59
02/24/2011 1:45 pm
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Wild Bill, I've never seen the bowling one before. That's a new one. Quote:
Since its a more complicated die than simple numbers/letters.... This has NOTHING to do with the die. This was counter-stamped after it left the mint. Technically, the coin is now considered damaged by most collectors, but as TenSense stated, there is a niche market for these and some people do collect them. |
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My favorite is the Halloween
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How much would you have liked it had that been a doubled ear?  |
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This has NOTHING to do with the die. This was counter-stamped after it left the mint. Technically, the coin is now considered damaged by most collectors, but as TenSense stated, there is a niche market for these and some people do collect them.
Correct, what I meant is that I could go home and stamp 666 on a quarter and throw it into circulation. I happen to have a simple number/letter die set, I bought to stamp a vin number on a hot rod I had years ago. Someone had to go through the trouble and make a heart die, so it was probably done for a reason and more than once. |
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I have seen the heart one as well as the one with Lincoln smoking the pipe. I've also seen these things on ebay before for a couple bucks but it didn't look like there were too many buyers. The market for these is definitely a small niche. |
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willy13, Gotcha!  I totally mis-read that, but we have so many people that confuse terms that I just wanted it to be clear. I certainly wasn't trying to insult your intelligence, not that I did. Edited by Scooby Due
02/24/2011 3:30 pm
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I dig the rock climber one :)
Edit: I tired. He's bowling :(
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02/24/2011 3:58 pm
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I dig the rock climber one :)
LOL, I was thinking the same thing. What a cool counterstamp!...oh wait, those are pins and a bowling ball... Edited by biokemist6
02/24/2011 4:22 pm
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