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I’ve been reinvigorated in numismatics since July 4, 2015; resolved to finish my childhood Whitman push-in 1909-1940 Lincoln Cent folder, purchasing a 1914-D online. The impending year of 2016 whetted my love of history.

The hobby became a full-time endeavor by December, searching each day for coins and upgrading to Dansco albums. By springtime, 2017, I decided to complete my Buffalo Nickels plus all silver and clad coin albums 1916> and a Dansco #7070 US Type Set.

The last two coins to complete my type set were the types-3 and -4 Seated Liberty Dollars; although I purchased my 1871 T-4 last, that coin arrived earlier than the “EVERMAN” 1859-O. This counterstamped dollar is the final coin to complete my set.

As I waited (and prodded the seller, a bit late with both communication AND shipping), curiosity caused my investigating the EVERMAN mark, when I discovered your publication(s).

I hope this coin’s existence may help discerning exactly which culprit-EVERMAN shamelessly self-promoted himself upon our hobby, although I also must be thankful his deed(s) enabled me to procure a specimen at such a reduced cost; I’ve witnessed prices rising significantly on these dollars, against and upward of what PCGS & Red Book quote as market value in lower grades. I know the demand for type set coins has increased. My set includes all 5- or 6-types available for Seated Liberty coinage; winning auctions for all types, or finding ‘affordable’ no-drapery half-dollars, has become a confounding endeavor, believe me. In finding this dollar, I consider myself one very lucky collector, indeed.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW EVERMAN COUNTERSTAMP DISCOVERED (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n35a27.html)