Counterstamps?

[Az Slot]

Hello, I have been doing alot of reading and learning from Coneca and have eliminated a lot of my 'so-called' errors.
I am overwhelmed with all the info on error coins. I have 2 coins I thought possibly counterstamps, fakes, errors I'm not sure.
The first is a 1955-D Jefferson Nickel with "S S" stamped on reverse.
Second coin is a 1921 CC? R.B. is stamped on obverse and CC is stamped on the reverse above the Eagles head.
I would appriciate any advice.

[diamond]

The letters were punched into these coins outside the Mint.

[3¢nicker]

are all counter stamps done outside the mint? i always thought so. i just never knew who or why it is done

[Az Slot]

Do you know where I can find information on specific counterstamps, like these two?

Thanx Mary

[3¢nicker]

this article in coin world may help you a little, has some books mentioned
http://www.coinworld.com/news/121905/bw_1219.asp

[3¢nicker]

these people seem to know alot about these but they are in the business of selling the book. maybe you could send them pictures if you think it is a new one maybe they would tell you if it is not
http://www.exonumia.com/art/cma.htm

ok now i'm done for the night

[Az Slot]

Thanx, I will check it out.

[Ed varietyhunter]

more added designs

I have some of them but they're all cents.
It's fun to try to figure out what they're from.

Copied my old post from CC forum:

These are bicentenial designs, the moose might be a moose lodge but it's a 1976 so it's bicentenial.
USA, liberty bell, soldier with 13 star flag and cannon, moose

These are Kennedy designs, the date 1963 for JF Kennedys assasination then they came back on the 1972-73 cents. I can't tell if they changed the face on the later ones to RF Kennedy. The 1969 is a Mason symbol.

These are moon landing designs, the lunar lander on the moon with crew walking, command module orbiting and earth on the horizon dated 7-20-1969. Not sure about Abe with the pipe, maybe someone knows if he was selling tobbaco or ready for woodstock in 1969? Also not sure about the S on the 1968 but maybe it was political.


One of the Lincoln/Kennedy cents came glued to a fact card that says:

Lincoln was elected in 1860
Kennedy was elected in 1960
Both have 7 letters in their names
Both were shot on Fridays.
Both were shot in presence of their wife.
Both focused their work on civil rights.
Both had their elections contested in court.

Kennedy had secretary named Lincoln that warned him not to go to Dallas where he was shot.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy that warned him not to go to the theater where he was shot.

In both cases the next president/successor was named Johnson (Andrew Johnson then Lyndon Johnson)
Both names had 13 letters.
Both were southern democrats.
Lyndon was born in 1908.
Andrew was born in 1808.

Booth was a southerner favoring unpopular ideas.
Oswald was a southerner favoring unpopular ideas.

Oswald shot kennedy from a book depository/warehouse then hid in a theater.
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater then hid in a warehouse.

Booth was murdered before his trial.
Oswald was murdered before his trial.

Booth and Oswald were born almost 100 years apart.
Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth each had 15 letters in their names.

Lincoln and Kennedys bodies were both carried in the same caisson.