countermark

Some experts recommend not to use the term countermark and counterstamp as homonyms, but in different contexts.

Coins minted with the countermark , distributed by Varus, also support the identification of the site.

Meanwhile each racing pigeon is fitted with a countermark, a rubber leg band marked with a secret number.

A small countermark applied to a coin by a bank or a trader indicating that they consider the coin to be genuine and of legal weight.

"Males and females investigate urine, and the higher tailed dogs of both sexes urinate and countermark.

Firstly, the newly dated coins in the silver coin hoards give an earliest possible burial date for the coin hoards to 52/3-66 CE, based on an interpretation of a countermark.

Furthermore, the new countermark that went unrecorded is apparently from 52/53 CE and the Greek letters in it do not support a date of 9/8 BCE, as the other countermarks.

A counterstamp is applied by a die, and by machine to an existing coin, while a countermark is punched onto the coin, mostly by hand, using a punch and a hammer or a primitive hand-operated machine.

Chinese merchants gradually became accustomed to the dependable weight and fineness of Spanish milled silver and, instead of melting the coins down, they began to use them as currency, often with a chop (seal, countermark) to guarantee its acceptability.