PERIODICAL: CHOPMARK NEWS FEBRUARY 2025

In this issue, we meet new member Josh Shaffer. Josh is a dealer in Ohio and who, unlike many dealers, has an interest in chopmarked coins. Welcome to the club Josh!

Another new member, Robert Bracey, has written an article on Indian numismatics entitled "Are there chopmarks on Indian coins?" We haven't published much on Indian coins but shroff marks are a regular feature on Indian hammered coinage. By the way, Robert has taken over Helen Wang's position as head of Asian numismatics at the British Museum.

Dealer-member Scott Semans has sent me some of his old fixed price lists. Scott has handled a lot of chopmarked coins in the past and thought these might be of interest to some readers.

Ben Dalgleish in Hong Kong has sent an article of an interview he did with long-time Hong Kong dealer-collector Henry Chan. Mr. Chan is one of the few Chinese who has developed an interest in chopped coins.

Finally, in The Interview I talk to long-time NYC dealer Paul Bosco, best known in chopmark circles as the dealer who handled the Hal Walls collection. This interview was actually done over a period of many years, first by email and then at his shop in New York city.

Of course, there are pictures from recent Stack's Bowers sales and Taylor Leverage's Reddit page.

 

CONTENTS

From the Editor

New Members

Meet our Members: Josh Shaffer

Coins from the Josh Shaffer Collection

Coins from Our Members' Collections

Are there chopmarks on Indian coins?
By: Robert Bracey

From the Past—My Fixed Price Lists
By: Scott Semans

From Reddit
By: T. Leverage

Henry Chan: A hidden treasure in Hong Kong
By: Ben Dalgleish

Recent Sales — Stack's Bowers

The Interview — Paul Bosco

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