Hello all,
I've had this 1933 Canadian 5 cent floating around for a few years now. I know the picture is not the best but bare with me.
It is the letter B with L6 in the bottom loop stamped into the coin. I would guess that it is a hammered stamp, as it is deep and bold to the left and faded to the right side (like the die was tilted or not struck strait)
Does anyone know this mark?
Is it a countermark, or something eles?
I wish I had a quick way to include a better quality picture. It is definitly not made into the coin. As I said in the original post, the mark is bolder to the inside and fades a bit to the other. You can also see some flattening on the reverse at the point of strike. I was unable to get a clear enough picture to be of any help.
I tend to agree, but I wanted to see if anyone had any knowledge of it. It was done with an unusual stamp. Surely it wasn't just used for this one coin. I wonder if its a design made for a company that works in metals?
A Google search turned up nothing.
You never know, one of those little odd pieces all we find in pursuit of this hobby might be a hidden treasure.
As for me it looks like unofficial chopping, just somehow to counterstamp the coin (even maybe for fun) It is not a silver one so it was needless to verify the alloy
some one had to much time on hand an was messing about? hammer job i think they call it 
