English counterstamp?

[AZislands]

Does Someone know this counterstamp?


     


M. Rodrigues

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J. Gavin Scott, British Countermarks on Coper and Bronze Coins (Spink, London 1975) lists several varieties of crown countermarks without further lettering under catalog number 123.40, one of which on a halfpenny, another on a penny 1806. Unfortunately, they are not illustrated. He notes:

It was common practice in the nineteenth century and earlier to incorporate a crown in trade and brand marks. This was particularly common in the metal trades, but was not confined to Sheffield, which, from 1773 used a crown as its town mark on silver goods. The Trade Marks Act of 1938 prohibited the use of the British Royal or Imperial Crowns in trade marks.

A common pitfall is to attribute such countermarked pieces to the West Indies. There is absolutely no legislative or other documentary evidence to support such attributions, as Pridmore has shown in his work o the coins of the West Indies. It should also be noted that copper coin was disliked in this area, the natives preferring silver and billon. Some of these pieces may have been used as shop tickets.

Peter

[AZislands]

Hello Peter,

Thanks for the info. Also in Portugal a few copper coins were counterstamped with a particular purpose and policies.

In the Azores was officially used a crown counterstamp, the large crown of 1871. There are numerous styles of this counterstamp and we're not sure of which are the real ones.

I present a portuguese coin, 1 ½ Real of king Joao IV (1640-1656), counterstamped with a large crown in 1871 of the Azores. If the stamp is not authentic is at least certainly false from that time.





M. Rodrigues

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See also this thread.



Peter