1878 (CC) Morgan Dollar - Brunk B-458 E.C. Beardsley
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This 1878 (CC) Morgan Dollar bears a merchant counterstamp attributed to E.C. Beardsley, cataloged as Brunk B-458. 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.C. Beardsley stamp identifies a business operating in Beardsley, one of many merchants who used coin counterstamping to advertise their trade. The host coin is a 1878 dollar from the Morgan Dollars 1878-1921 series. The host coin's original mintage was 423,515, though counterstamped examples represent only a tiny fraction of survivors. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper, 40 mm in diameter. Cataloged as PCGS #905249. 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and Canadian Countermarked Coins" sit at the intersection of numismatics and Americana — each piece is a primary-source historical document of early American commerce.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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