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Countermark on Saint Thomas and Prince Islands coin
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I have recently purchased a 40 reis 1819 from Saint Thomas and Prince Islands. The strange part is that it has a crown as countermark on the front side (see the picture here http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_01.JPG And the reverse side he http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_02.JPG Can anyone help me finding out what this is? The Krause catalogue shows no countermark, and I have not been able to find anything on the net. Best regards Erik Pindborg |
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Countermark on Saint Thomas and Prince Islands coin
On Apr 9, 8:15*pm, pindborg wrote:
Hi I have recently purchased a 40 reis 1819 from Saint Thomas and Prince Islands. The strange part is that it has a crown as countermark on the front side (see the picture here http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_01.JPG And the reverse side he http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_02.JPG Can anyone help me finding out what this is? The Krause catalogue shows no countermark, and I have not been able to find anything on the net. Best regards Erik Pindborg Betcha that's a British royal crown countermark to allow the coin to circulate in the British West Indies... but it's just a semi-educated guess.... |
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Countermark on Saint Thomas and Prince Islands coin
pindborg wrote:
Hi I have recently purchased a 40 reis 1819 from Saint Thomas and Prince Islands. The strange part is that it has a crown as countermark on the front side (see the picture here http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_01.JPG And the reverse side he http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_02.JPG Can anyone help me finding out what this is? The Krause catalogue shows no countermark, and I have not been able to find anything on the net. The 5th edition Krause listing for ST&P KM-E1 includes a note that "examples exist with a small crown countermark." James |
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Countermark on Saint Thomas and Prince Islands coin
On 10 Apr., 07:11, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
pindborg wrote: Hi I have recently purchased a 40 reis 1819 from Saint Thomas and Prince Islands. The strange part is that it has a crown as countermark on the front side (see the picture here http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_01.JPG And the reverse side he http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_02.JPG Can anyone help me finding out what this is? The Krause catalogue shows no countermark, and I have not been able to find anything on the net. The 5th edition Krause listing for ST&P KM-E1 includes a note that "examples exist with a small crown countermark." James- Skjul tekst i anførselstegn - - Vis tekst i anførselstegn - Hi I only have the 20th edition of Krause (1992), and nothing is said about the countermark there. How old is this catalogue? Then I will try to find it. Erik |
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Countermark on Saint Thomas and Prince Islands coin
pindborg wrote:
On 10 Apr., 07:11, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: pindborg wrote: Hi I have recently purchased a 40 reis 1819 from Saint Thomas and Prince Islands. The strange part is that it has a crown as countermark on the front side (see the picture here http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_01.JPG And the reverse side he http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_02.JPG Can anyone help me finding out what this is? The Krause catalogue shows no countermark, and I have not been able to find anything on the net. The 5th edition Krause listing for ST&P KM-E1 includes a note that "examples exist with a small crown countermark." James- Skjul tekst i anførselstegn - - Vis tekst i anførselstegn - Hi I only have the 20th edition of Krause (1992), and nothing is said about the countermark there. How old is this catalogue? Then I will try to find it. Erik IIRC, your catalog is from the era before Krause started dividing the coverage by century. The catalog I used is the SCWC 1801-1900, 5th edition, c2006. There is a new edition of this scheduled for publication later this year, so I wouldn't rush right out to buy one, assuming you have access to one in a library. James |
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Countermark on Saint Thomas and Prince Islands coin
On Apr 10, 3:37*am, pindborg wrote:
On 10 Apr., 07:11, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: pindborg wrote: Hi I have recently purchased a 40 reis 1819 from Saint Thomas and Prince Islands. The strange part is that it has a crown as countermark on the front side (see the picture here http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_01.JPG And the reverse side he http://www.geocities.com/karl1903/STP_02.JPG Can anyone help me finding out what this is? The Krause catalogue shows no countermark, and I have not been able to find anything on the net. The 5th edition Krause listing for ST&P KM-E1 includes a note that "examples exist with a small crown countermark." James- Skjul tekst i anførselstegn - - Vis tekst i anførselstegn - Hi I only have the 20th edition of Krause (1992), and nothing is said about the countermark there. How old is this catalogue? Then I will try to find it. Erik Look closely at the countermark. Specifically, the top of the crown. It's got a cross. The crown on the coins of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique and St Thomas & Prince from that period does not have a cross at the top. Now, go look at the coins of British West Indies. Compare the design of the crown in those coins (KM4 is probably the easiest one to see) with the countermark in your coin, and you'll see they're a pretty close match. |
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