Hi all, I just bought a lot of Philippino crowns at under spot on eBay, and I noticed the older 0.900 crown has a counter stamp in what I assume is Chinese. Does anyone have info on this, or can anyone translate? [imgz=http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/16164_image.jpg][/imgz] Cheers, S
Hmm interesting, thanks. What an odd thing to do to a coin -- although I guess times were different 120 years ago. Is this something that can be translated easily?
Thanks for sharing the article. I also have a counterstamped coin. It's an 1820 crown in reasonably good nick except for the "A+C" stamped into the obverse. I couldn't find it in Brunk's list on the internet and I really can't afford $300-odd for his no doubt excellent book. I would dearly like to know more. The person who sold it to me said it was a 'bank mark', but I'm a bit dubious. I'm sure there must have been a reason for defacing what is a reasonably valuable coin.
Here's a photo of the crown in mentioned in my last post: Any information on this counter mark is appreciated.
I shall have a guess at this one. It is a test for a Sterling Sliver hallmark, maybe? What better place than a coin to check the fonts. Anyone up to speed with sterling marks?
Might be a possibility.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYWI6PA9w4 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYWI6PA9w4[/youtube]
Also.. "soit qui mal y pense" = "or who evil thinks" in French, per Google Translate "honi" doesn't compute.. EDIT: Here you go.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense