Counterstamps

A. MANEE on an 1850 Braided Hair large cent. Brunk M-138, Rulau-Unlisted. Host coin Fine details.

This is the stamp of either Augustus Manee, a blacksmith working in Carbondale, PA circa 1880 or Abram Manee, who was a carriage maker working in New York City circa 1860. Brunk gives no information on this issuer, but does list one example reported on an 1853 large cent, making this a new example.

From the Steve M. Tompkins Collection.

Estimate: $ 150