MORE ON THE "E" AND "L" COUNTERSTAMPS 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 32, August 8, 2004, Article 13
MORE ON THE "E" AND "L" COUNTERSTAMPS
Regarding the E and L counterstamps, Mark Borckardt writes:
"I must disagree with Tom DeLorey's disagreement regarding
the new theory. I have actually not read this article yet, so I
cannot say whether I agree or disagree with the article.Tom made two observations. First, that the reverse does not
show any disturbance, indicating the counterstamps were
applied with the coin still in the mint die. Nearly every
counterstamped quarter I have examined does have a minute
disturbance on the reverse. With my old eyes, this is only
visible with 5 to 10x magnification, but it is there. Tom
compared these to the 1848 CAL quarter eagle that was
counterstamped in the die and does not show any disturbance
on the obverse.The other of Tom's observations is that the people doing the
counterstamping would not have had access to a reverse die
as a base or support for the stamping process. Even though I
do not agree that these were counterstamped while resting on
the die, all of the early 19th century coinage dies that left the
mint (whether as scrap iron or any other reason) suggests to
me that it is quite possible a reverse quarter dollar die was
available outside the mint."Ronald S. Thompson writes: "Unless I am missing something,
I don't think you need to put the quarters on the reverse die
to counterstamp the obverse without damage. I think the
same result would occur with a reasonable hard wood other
than really hard woods like oak, iron wood or ebony."- 2004-08-08
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