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There appears to be a faint remnant of a cud along the inside rim between the “O” and “A” on the reverse. Possible s-241? Still an R1, but neat! thank again !

🤣 Yes, and thank you for the differential.. Topics can become rather academic (or pedantic, semantic, etc..) the doctoral level of numismatics. I’m sure “Countermarks” are another topic of a 4 day seminar….

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Here’s an image of the reverse.

Hello: I'm new to the world of collecting counterstapmed coins and I recently acquired the pictured 1802 large cent with an eagle, olive Branch, and an oval with "US" inside. In short, I'm stumped. I've searched Rich Harzog's extensive online resource: Complete List of Merchant Countermarked, Counterstamped Coins: A-C (richhartzog.com), which appears to be a transcription of Gregory G. Brunk's publication of merchant counterstamps, but doesn't include government stamps, which I believe this to be. Any thoughts on this? The style looks to be civil war era, but have a hunch this combination of symbols may well pre-date the civil war. Also, I'd be curious to get some opinions about the coin's obverse surfaces (outside of the counterstamp): damaged? I ask because are some areas of roughness on the obverse, but there's no porosity/unevenness/color change apparent, so I'm inclined to attribute the roughness to the planchet quality (vs. environmental damage) . Any and all feedback / opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly

I hadn’t considered the possibility of a counterfeit, although now I’m more intrigued… the coin tests 90%silver, is within all the measurement specs of a 57 SLQ and doesn’t have that tell-tale “waxy” appearance / feel, but indeed counterfeits have become more prevalent across all denominations and with exacting precision. I agree this example has many odd attributes and looking at it through that lens has opened my eyes! (No pun) thank you all for your thoughts/ input best, R

Hello: This is an interesting 1857 SL 25c… In particular the reverse, with a double chinned eagle, cuds in the eagles mouth looking like a swollen tongue , right wing doubling, cud’s on the bottom of “ICA” and “TES”, a filled denticle between “F”and “A”, and a few extra feathers to the right on the bottom of the eagle’s right leg. I was curious if anyone has any thoughts on if this is known variety of seated liberty quarter or a one-off mint error? I’ve searched many online sources including ngc’s variety plus, and sorted through hundreds of high res images and haven’t come across this yet… Kind thanks in advance!

Thanks for the advice and your thoughtful reply!

Anyone have thoughts on which Newcomb variety this is?