đź’Ą I like this coin a lot đź’Ą Which is favorite in your colection?
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I found this on another site. It explains the counterstamped coins better than I can.
In the 19th Century, especially from about the 1820's to the 1880's it was a common practice to counterstamp coins for any number of reasons. Sometimes businessmen did so to advertise their business, othertimes political slogans were stamped on coins. Many personal "pocket pieces" are also known where people stamped their names on coins and carried them in a pocket or on a chain around their neck. (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/whats-the-deal-with-counter-stamped-coins.219436/)
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EDavis
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The oldest I’ve found is my 1821 Spanish reale, but my favorite coins I have are my Alexander the Great
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caretaker
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doninbrewster
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Hunter1805
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maxrat.. Great Coins I will take 2 silver halves any day of the week. Crazy places we find coins.
Blak bart
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Some of my favorite coins.....I've found everyone of them, and I really like it when they come from shipwrecks......I've been blessed to live on galleon ally in the Florida keys.....other great coins came from the out islands of the bahamas !!
NorILdigcollector
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Three of my favorites. 1917 quarter, 1854 half dime, and 1918 French 50 centimes coin I found in a dump and probably brought back by a soldier in WWI.
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Don’t fret Bart, someday you’ll find something good
Mike in NM
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My oldest is 1909 wheat penny. My neatest are the tax tokens I’ve found. 2 in NM and 2 in AZ. I’d love to go east and find an old silver coin
JVA5th
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Swamp Fox
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nice coin
C/4
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Yup, me too! On the jealousy part. Very happy others have cool finds from time to time. I just returned to the sport with my young son in tow. He's already discovered treasure! Well, a quarter and a dime....might as well be Viking gold the way his face lit up!
JVA5th
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Lol little ones always find joy in any finds. Was doing some detecting at a fishing spot that once had a old town before they put a lake in. Little kids where following me around in awe of just the change lol. I hope I get to live in a old mining town called Hornitos soon I'll be given access to a lot of cool permissions and the place I may live on is one of the original old buildings from the 1800s so maybe things will change.
plymouthian12
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I have 34 favorites
Blewfur
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I haven’t found it yet.
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