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86.    1938 Great Britain Large Penny, EF+ countermarked "Colts/Patent", Hartford, Ct. and New York

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86.    1938 Great Britain Large Penny, EF+ countermarked  Colts/Patent , Hartford, Ct. and New York
86.    1938 Great Britain Large Penny, EF+ countermarked "Colts/Patent", Hartford, Ct. and New York City, NY. According to Counterstamp expert and author Gregory Brunk, "Samuel Colt patented a revolver in 1836, but had considerable financial problems, and his first firm declared bankruptcy in 1842. In 1855 he built a large plant in Hartford, and his firm became one of the world's largest makers of firearms, having sales offices in New York and other cities. Its trademark is the rampant horse..." Only three other pieces are known to be countermarked by Colt, one is an 1849 Large Cent kept at Colts Armory in Hartford, a 1921 Silver Dollar with a flaming bomb of the US Army Ordinance Corps, and the other is countermarked "SAM COLT/NEW YORK CITY".