odd large cent

[ohdigger]

found this large cent about 7 in. deep looks like someone stamped a no.9 on the ear what do you think?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

odd but cool

 

[mlayers]

nice cent. to bad about the 9 being stamped on it. Still a great fine...Matt

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Couterstamp's add to the coin I think......Congrat's more on a readable LC

I agree. I see many large cent coins posted on this forum in various stages of decay. I think that the counter-stamped examples have personality, and sometimes offer an additional clue about the history of the coin.

I do not share the sentiment that it is "too bad" when a large cent is counter-stamped.

It makes it special.

Agreed.

 

[ivan salis]

counter stamped coins were often used as a form of store token -- bring in "one" of their "marked" coins and you'ld get a bonus % off or maybe two cents value instead of 1 -- stuff like that ----during the civil war esp when change was in short supply -- counter marking could be done to give the coin "extra" value over "face"-- while the counter stamp may take away from the coins "standard" book coin value --if you find out who locally might have used the counter stamp and when --it could actually greatly increase the coins value as a "collectible". --

 

[Ed-NH]

Great thread here, congrats on a unique coin 8)

 

[whitesPA]

a large cent is a great find . good job