RIVERS in a box punch twice on an 1813 O-110 Capped Bust half dollar. Brunk R-244, Rulau Mav 37C. Host coin Fine to Very Fine.For many years this punch was incorrectly listed as IVERS or B. IVERS, as the only known example had an incomplete punch such as the one across Libertys face on the example offered. It was only after another was found that the full punch showing RIVERS was revealed. This stamp resembles a smiths stamp of some type, most likely from an early silversmith. However, so far, it has resisted positive attribution as to issuer. However, in scanning through early Philadelphia directories a possibility emerges. In the 1813 listings we find a Joseph Rivers working as a tinplate worker at 373 N. 4th St. In 1816 he relocated to 26 High St., remaining there until 1822. He is only listed from 1813 to 1822. This coincides very well with the known counterstamped coins. All examples known show two stamps at an angle to each other and appear on early Capped Bust half dollars from 1809 to 1820. <strong>Brunk Plate Coin. </strong>From the Steve Tompkins Collection. Earlier ex Stu Witham; Gregory Brunk.
