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Long Beach Signature US Coin Sale 1259 7-8 Sep 2017
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(1836) Houck's Panacea Counterstamped on a 1786 Spanish 2 Reales, HT-143, Brunk H-779, Good 6 NGC. An unlisted host coin date in either the Brunk or Rulau references. Jacob Houck was a Baltimore, Maryland dry goods dealer who expanded into the patent medicine business. The loaf-shaped counterstamp on this example is fully struck (not always the case), with even the apostrophe visible in HOUCK'S.
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(1836) Houck's Panacea Counterstamped on a 1786 Spanish 2 Reales, HT-143, Brunk H-779, Good 6 NGC. An unlisted host coin date in either the Brunk or Rulau references. Jacob Houck was a Baltimore, Maryland dry goods dealer who expanded into the patent medicine business. The loaf-shaped counterstamp on this example is fully struck (not always the case), with even the apostrophe visible in HOUCK'S.
HID02901242017