8.2 Counterstamped Coins
Occasionally, coins are found with letters, numbers, or words punched into them. Such counterstamped pieces can be a form of inexpensive advertising for a merchant or manufacturer.
Counterstamped coins can also be made to personalize a coin similar to a love token. Twenty-cent pieces with counterstamps are rare. One counterstamp that is particular to twenty-cent
pieces is one that appears to alert its owner to its value.
A few examples of coins with a “20” stamped into the obverse and reverse are known, perhaps created by a merchant who did not want to mistake a twenty-cent piece for a quarter.
 Crude "20" punch |
 "20" and 6-point star |
 "J.B. FULLER" |
 "C.S. SHAW" |
 Celebrating a patent |
