1802 Draped Bust Cent - Brunk S-985 No Stems E. Stillman
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This 1802 Draped Bust Cent bears a merchant counterstamp attributed to E. Stillman, cataloged as Brunk S-985. Counterstamps were applied to circulating coins by merchants, silversmiths, and tradesmen as a form of portable advertising — the business card of early America. The E. Stillman stamp identifies a business operating in Stillman, one of many merchants who used coin counterstamping to advertise their trade. The host coin is a 1802 cent from the Draped Bust Cents 1796-1807 series. The host coin's original mintage was 398,000, though counterstamped examples represent only a tiny fraction of survivors. Struck in copper, 23.5 mm in diameter. Cataloged as PCGS #888991. Counterstamped coins documented in Gregory G. Brunk's "American and Canadian Countermarked Coins" sit at the intersection of numismatics and Americana — each piece is a primary-source historical document of early American commerce. The counterstamp adds a unique layer of provenance that distinguishes this coin from all other examples of its type.
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