I'm wanting to solicit the thoughts of our learnedE-Sylum readers as regards the two counterstamped coppers,pictured below. Acquired separately, I've had them for manyyears now. The smaller piece is about the size of a Britishhalfpenny, and the second coin is a Connecticut cent.

While Brunk does not as yet list the smaller piece, he doeslist the Connecticut cent; this, in addition to the samecounterstamp on a 1788 Vermont cent (Brunk # P-14). I would notethat there is a slight error in the Brunk listing; this, beingthe addition of a second period or stop, following the letter C.The counterstamp actually appears as: B / D.CP The smaller pieceis quite worn, and that stamp may be either: B / CVN or B /C.VN

Dr. Brunk noted that, in marks such as these, the initialletter, B (on both coins here), typically represented a town. Helogically surmised that the P-14 issues emanated from NewEngland.

Given the similar style of my two pieces, perhaps they werefrom the same town ... Boston?

Although the P-14's are listed as merchant tokens byBrunk, these are quite different. I've long been struck bytheir similarity in style to the Albany Church Penny. Might thesehave been used as Church Pennies as well? I long ago mused thatthe D.CP might stand for "Dutch Church Penny" orperhaps, something similar?

Well, having labored over this puzzle for a few decades now,I've decided to see if someone else can attribute either orboth of these curiosities. Readers, have at it!

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
QUERY:ALBANY CHURCH PENNY INFORMATION SOUGHT(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a12.html)
ALBANYCHURCH PENNY RESEARCH FOLLOWUP(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n02a18.html)