Lot 41
1793 S-2 R4 Chain AMERICA Counterstamped "GW" Fair-2+. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with a couple small puffs of lighter steel toning on the lower part of the obverse. The surfaces are smooth and quite nice, especially for a Chain Cent with this much wear. A very thin rim nick over the I in UNITED is a good identifying mark. The date is faint but can still be made out, and the legends are weak but readable. This piece was stamped at the top of the head with "GW" in raised letters inside a small nearly square rectangle, the Brunk W-27 stamp. The stamp is strongly impressed and the letters are clear. Brunk lists this as a George Washington fantasy stamp, apparently a stamp to honor the president but not issued by him. Can't recall ever seeing another counterstamped 1793 Chain Cent, but they may exist. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP
Ex Chris McCawley-McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/1996:142-Jim Neiswinter Collection (lot ticket included).
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