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QUERY: INFORMATION ON OWL COUNTERMARK SOUGHT
Howard A. Daniel III submitted this query about an interesting countermark on a Vietnamese coin. Can anyone help?
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This is the second time I have seen this gold Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mang (1820-40) presentation piece offered on eBay. It is now under item number 170537328789. The seller resides somewhere in China. In my opinion, the piece is a modern copy for several reasons but I will not describe why here at this time.
Many modern copies of Vietnamese presentation pieces were made in Paris, so there might be a connection. Does anyone recognize this owl countermark? Has anyone seen it on other Vietnamese pieces or other pieces? To view the eBay item, see: Vietnam Ming Ming 1820-41 Gold coin 1-1/2 Tien Rare (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170537328789) THE BOOK BAZARRENOVEMBER 18, 2010 AUCTION SALE HIGHLIGHTSA Pivotal 1764 Parliamentary Act Regulating American Colonial Currency This rare Act was one of the most threatening to American paper currency and, as Eric Newman notes, the economic policies prescribed in the Act interfered with the ability of the American colonists to engage fruitfully in trade and, as a result, comprised part of the justification for the American Revolution KOLBE & FANNING NUMISMATIC BOOKSELLERS 141 W JOHNSTOWN ROAD, GAHANNA OH 43230-2700 (614) 414-0855 • df@numislit.com • GFK@numislit.com Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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The VERY interesting detail on this coin is an owl countermark at around 5 o'clock on the obverse side that almost touches the (bottom) Mang character. It does not look like anything I have seen for a Chinese countermark, but it is very much like a mintmaster and engraver mark found on French coins.