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BRITISH COUNTERMARKED U.S DOLLARS
In December 2013 we discussed the Norweb specimen of the 1799 Draped Bust dollar with a countermark depicting English King George III.
Harold Mernick of London took photos of such countermarked dollars on display there. Thanks!
-Editor
His brother Philip Mernick writes: The two dollars are on loan from The Bank of England Collection and are on display at the Tower of London’s Mint Street. Other countermarked dollars from Spanish America and France are also part of that display. The oval countermark was applied in 1799 and the octagonal one in 1804. For more information on the Royal Mint Museum, see: The Tower of London (www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/history/the-royal-mint-story/the-tower-of-london/)
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BRITISH COUNTERMARK ON A 1799 BUST DOLLAR
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n49a12.html)
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