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In my ten years or so of collecting I have on three occasions found Lincoln's with a counterstamp. The most recent was a 1969D. Do these type of coins have any collectable interest within the coin community? BTW, the FG initial is clearly evident on the reverse. Picture attached along with the two additional coins I collected showing a counterstamp.
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Counterstamps such as this are pretty common. They made them by the thousands, especially ones like yours. Some counterstamps on older coinage can be worth a few bucks. Here is a link I have concerning counterstamps.
Bob Piazza
Former Lincoln Cent Attributer Coppercoins.com -
Look at the 3 links I put in this thread, those are the same counterstamp as yours. It shows ebay listings and the cards that came with them:
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Nice finds on all 3 coins... Good thing there were no massive DDs or RPMs on them
Jim
(A.K.A. Elmer Fudd)
Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!
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Just adding in case you didn't know (I'm guessing you did), your second coin is a Masonic counterstamp, they even come with the embossed ones that really bulge out. They are also pretty common, I've found several types and dates.Comment
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Enlightening information from post 2 and 3. I had no idea that counterstamping is in itself a complex offshoot of coin collecting. Thanks!Comment
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I had no idea that concentration of information on counter stamps even existed - thanks to the people here I am once again informed!!
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