AMERICAN AND CANADIAN COUNTER MARKED COINS
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And now for something completely different. While the previous works in our survey generally treat coins, tokens and medals, and paper money in their intended forms, Brunk delivers the story of a completely unintended usage. Merchant countermarks, privately struck on circulating coins and primarily in the nineteenth century, served as an advertising medium for numerous commercial interests. Brunk lists thousands of examples and decodes many, though to be sure quite a few continue to defy attribution. Still, this remains the first and best source for the researcher to consult. Brunk further makes a conscious effort to eliminate the noise, the host of issues with stray letters and digits which are at best historical detritus. A useful companion are the 1994 ANS Coinage of the Americas Conference Proceedings, number ten in that series, which contain a lengthy contribution from Dave Bowers on the topic of counterstamped large cents and add much additional context to the general subject.
1st Edition, Softbound
BRUNK, Gregory C. AMERICAN AND CANADIAN COUNTER MARKED COINS.
Rockford, IL: 1987
349pp, illustrated
Quarto
Softbound: Printed card covers
1st Edition, Hardbound
BRUNK, Gregory C. AMERICAN AND CANADIAN COUNTER MARKED COINS.
Rockford, IL: 1987
349pp, illustrated
Quarto
Hardbound: Brown cloth, lettered in gilt, no dust jacket issued