Adding a new coin type

Greetings,

I believe a new coin type should be added to the coin catalogue. This type is  counter marked coinage. Just as we have standard circulation, token and so on, we should have counter marked coins. The type could just be called “Counter Marked.”

Cheers,

Berkshire Collecting

A countermark is part of the creation process of the coin, is isn't the end type of the coin.

Some countermarks turn coins into tokens: N#125720

Some countermarks turn one circulation coin into another circulation coin: N#53448

Some turn a coin of one country into a coin of another country: N#332598

Some turn a coin minted for circulation into a commemorative coin: N#67948

The last shows the flaw in the proposed scheme: We should distinguish between a countermarked coin that is a standard circulation coin and a countermarked coin that is a commemorative coin.

It would be nice to have the fact that an item is countermarked be obvious and searchable in a standard way.