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florida_bob Posts: 54 |
posted 12-19-2004 03:49 PM
  
Here is an image of an 1834 U.S. Dime that was countermarked by Stephen D. Choate, a silversmith and retailer who worked in Louisville, Kentucky and in Cincinnati, Ohio. (The image is not very good, due to my 7 year old Sony Mavica camera, but the coin looks great to the eye.) I have silverware from this maker that is stamped with both the "S.D. CHOATE" and the "LOUISVILLE" marks, but have not yet seen the "SILVERSMITH" mark on a piece of coin silverware. That mark may have been only used on coins. There are at least eight countermarked coins known for Choate. Bob M. IP: Logged |
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FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 12-19-2004 06:03 PM
Bob, I just bought a Choate spoon locally here in Tucson. It is marked same as your coin with the address 5 Street Louisville and without the word Silversmith. How nice for Choate to have identified his trade. What a boon if all had made this effort on counterstruck coins. Fred IP: Logged |
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