1838 Seated Liberty Dime - Brunk T-387 N.J. Tracy
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This 1838 Seated Liberty Dime bears a merchant counterstamp attributed to N.J. Tracy, cataloged as Brunk T-387. Counterstamps were applied to circulating coins by merchants, silversmiths, and tradesmen as a form of portable advertising — the business card of early America. The N.J. Tracy stamp identifies a business operating in Tracy, one of many merchants who used coin counterstamping to advertise their trade. The host coin is a 1838 dime from the Seated Liberty Dimes 1837-1891 series. The host coin's original mintage was 48,900, though counterstamped examples represent only a tiny fraction of survivors. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper. Cataloged as PCGS #930572. 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and Canadian Countermarked Coins" sit at the intersection of numismatics and Americana — each piece is a primary-source historical document of early American commerce.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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