Post Your Counterstamped Coins

I searched, and it appears that we have never had a thread like this, and all counterstamped, (sometimes called countermarks) are spread all over the place.


So, lets post those counterstamped aka countermarked coins to this thread.

I'll start off, first with some of my older ones, then some recent ones, just to keep them all together, or I may screw up and post them randomly.









I have to check my notes to see what the Overton # is.

 

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1824 Bust $1/2
"FANCHE" countermark

[Note: Anyone one with a copy of Bruck, please chime in with any data.]



obviously double stamped.




reverse:

 

Another Bustie:

1825
O-101




Sure, cleaned, and the reverse looks like someone tried to remove a stamp of some kind

 

1864 2 CT LM COUNTERMARK "J.H.D."

 

1861 HALF $ COUNTERMARK "G.W. HAMILTON"

 

1858 25 C COUNTERMARK "G.S. PRINDLE D.D.H."

 

1834 O-107

"RLM"

 

Not a 'biggie' but fun find:

1811 O-108 Counterstamp

 

Individually punched letters:

[NOTE: ? POSSIBLE DOG TAG?]

 

1826
O-108

 

You have some nice counter-stamps! Money is speech.

 

"Ward"

My first Bustie countermark:

 

oops, dup posting

 

ANACS puts counterstamped coins in non-detail slabs?!

I let go of a counterstamped Seated Lib half a while ago at melt -- to me, it was just a damaged coin. I saw the error of my ways shortly thereafter. Fortunately, it wasn't a great treasure -- AG at best -- and the buyer immediately relisted it as an individual item, so it's got a more appreciative owner now.

Still have to go back through my "damaged coin" bins and fish out the counterstamps for re-examination.

 

More later, when I find the pictures.

 

Coal Company --

Watts Creek with an overstamp:

 

I'm not sure if I still have this one:

 

More later, when I find the pictures

 

I just spoke to JT Martin at the ANA Chicago, and showed him an old ANACS slab with 'details' on the label.

He tried to remember then thought that it was 'just the way they did them back then'.


I have that one that I have to take pix of.

 

When Antony was handing out various Levantine territories to Cleopatra and her sons, many local city issues got counterstamped with her mark.

Antioch ad Orontes, Semi-Autonomous Issue
AE23, 10.77g, 12h, Denomination A; Antioch: after 47 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark of Cleopatra VII.
Rev.: ‭[‬A]NTIOΣEΩN‭ [‬ME]TPOΠOΛ[EΩΣ‭]; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, thunderbolt above.
Reference: Butcher 20, SNG Cop 80
Notes: Counterstamp of Cleopatra.