PSD or damaged planchet before plating occured?

[makecents]

This is cool Jon! I'm leaning toward it being a counterstamp. Maybe the William's got married in 2015 and gave everybody at the wedding a Lucky Lincoln

Thanks Viv!! I like your idea, that it was some sort of function and an inexpensive way for folks to have a memento of the occasion.

[makecents]

Thanks everybody for all your help on this! Everything leans toward it being a counter stamp, which I could easily see it being. My only question with this, is this what it usually looks like as far as the finished look? I would have thought it would be cleaner, sharper looking instead of textured, but I guess that the stamp could have been textured too.

[VAB2013]

Thanks Viv!! I like your idea, that it was some sort of function and an inexpensive way for folks to have a memento of the occasion.

You're welcome Jon! A less expensive way as opposed to paying $8 on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/2922245...SABEgK6pvD_BwE

[makecents]

You're welcome Jon! A less expensive way as opposed to paying $8 on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/2922245...SABEgK6pvD_BwE

You are right!! If you had a couple hundred folks, that would be expensive!

[GrumpyEd]

It's in the place a person would counterstamp so you guys are probably right.

[stoneman227]

You are right!! If you had a couple hundred folks, that would be expensive!

After having paid for two weddings I have to say that there is nothing about a wedding that isn't expensive !

[GrumpyEd]

Even though I don't see a bulge on the rev, it looks like some plating on the high points is messed up, like it was against a surface when they stamped it. And the location right above the date is so perfect.

I'm pretty convinced, I can imagine this glued with one of those soft sticky blobs to the W families wedding invitation in 2015.

[makecents]

Even though I don't see a bulge on the rev, it looks like some plating on the high points is messed up, like it was against a surface when they stamped it. And the location right above the date is so perfect.

I'm pretty convinced, I can imagine this glued with one of those soft sticky blobs to the W families wedding invitation in 2015.

After chatting with Ed about this coin, he suggested I look for a glue like substance on the reverse and there are a few spots that have an orange appearance and thensome black splotches that are probably glue that has caught junk. Thanks all!!

[Petespockets55]

Nice detective work on this one.
It certainly looked like a W but I was thinking of a vibrating tool for marking your initials on metal objects.

I like the "wedding invitations" or even retirement dinner much better. Both have to count their "pennies".

[GrumpyEd]

I guess that explains it.

Some of the older counterstamps will have a hard glue blob on the back.

One of the most common counterstamps are the Lincoln/Kenedy ones, you find them and wonder how they were used.
Check out the way they were done, glued to the cards of facts in common with Kenney and Lincoln and below there is a place for your ad, try reading the cards:

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Then if you look at ebay, some of them still have the base of the cards, they had a spot where they could put a company name so these were advertising cards:

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[jfines69]

Well I'm late to the party as usual but I'm in with the counter stamp... The shield appears damaged and flattened slightly in the area directly opposite of the, what looks like a, W... Maybe it is for Willy Wonka


Added - Also in the field just east of the shield there appears to be an incuse design... Actually looks like a D!!!

[makecents]

Well I'm late to the party as usual but I'm in with the counter stamp... The shield appears damaged and flattened slightly in the area directly opposite of the, what looks like a, W... Maybe it is for Willy Wonka


Added - Also in the field just east of the shield there appears to be an incuse design... Actually looks like a D!!!

Check out the pics on post#9 in this thread. I think that's what you're referring too.

[jfines69]

Check out the pics on post#9 in this thread. I think that's what you're referring too.

Yours shows post 9??? Mine shows it as 7... The twilight zone That's the spot in the 4th pics with the circle... In that close up it looks to be the same shape as the top of an incandescent light bulb... Or my muscle relaxers are working The edge of the scroll has damage as well as the shield... You can see how the details of the shield are missing from the damage... I think some one did an excellent job at a counter stamp!!!