Dug up a 1760 King George II on Sunday (1/15/17)..I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me! The counter stamp which was a bit of a downer, but I was still thrilled to dig it!
Dug up a 1760 King George II on Sunday (1/15/17)..I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me! The counter stamp which was a bit of a downer, but I was still thrilled to dig it!
Last edited by Ken C; 01-17-2017 at 07:33 AM.
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Very cool find, congrats! What's with the counter stamp? Never seen that before, but then I don't get to dig stuff that old.
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Thanks! Not sure either. I've been researching trying to find any info on counter stamps and who the person may have been. But no luck so far.
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
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That is a wonderful find!
Counterstamps are somewhat common on older coins. I like them in a way, they add history and provenance to the coin. It looks like your stamp says E. Gibbs. Very cool if you ask me.
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That is a great find and I personally love that counter stamp! Some counter stamps are a bit crude but that is cool!
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It looks like the stamp is *E*Gibbs. I did find this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbs
But that is a guess at what the E stands for since nothing pulls up with just E Gibbs.
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
Best relics: Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s) / 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button (x2)
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
Best relics: Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s) / 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button (x2)
Deus II / Equinox 900 - Personal website: www.Detectorist.com
Last edited by Ken C; 01-17-2017 at 10:43 AM.
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
Best relics: Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s) / 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button (x2)
Deus II / Equinox 900 - Personal website: www.Detectorist.com
Great coin Ken , contemporary counter stamps generally make the value of older coins way more sought after by collectors . Congrats !!
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Awesome find! Not something I can really ever hope to dig here in Wisconsin!
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Congrats on finding a great piece of history! As others have stated on here, counter stamps are way more collectable than just the plain coin. HH, Dave.
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No "downer" with that coin. very cool.
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Great coin and I love the counter stamp! I have never found one detecting.
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
Best relics: Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s) / 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button (x2)
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Grats on the Hibernia. That was the last year of milling, like the KG2. Interesting that many LC weren't counter stamped. Mostly the silver coins were counter stamped. Obvi you now know it's more valuable with the stamp.
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Nothing wrong with that as it add character to it. Still looking for my 1st counter stamped coin.
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That counter stamp is one of the coolest I have seen. Congrats on another great coin.
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I think I'd rather have a counter stamped one.
You'll find many more without counter stamps. But it might be a while, if ever, before you find another with one.
Sweet find!!
Congrats!!
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