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58.    "H. Rees" Philadelphia, Pa. Counter marked Large Penny. Attributed by famous author Gregory B

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58.     H. Rees  Philadelphia, Pa. Counter marked Large Penny. Attributed by famous author Gregory B
58.    "H. Rees" Philadelphia, Pa. Counter marked Large Penny. Attributed by famous author Gregory Brunk as #33770. "H. Rees was listed as a blacksmith on Arch St. near Broadway in the 1837 Philadelphia Directory and on Mulberry near Broadway in the 1839 Directory. Both Henry and Henry T. Rees were listed in Censuses ad blacksmiths. David Bowers has over thirty Rees countermarked coins and reports seeing ironware with Rees' Stamp. Rees used both straight and curved name counterstamps. The straight variety is much scarcer. Given their dates, the coins were countermarked in 1838." Brunk's letter accompanying this piece goes on to describe the population. This piece is the curved counterstamp.