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Baltimore, USA, silver token, HOUCK'S / PANACEA / BALTIMORE counterstamp (ca. 1836) on a Mexico City

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Baltimore, USA, silver token, HOUCK'S / PANACEA / BALTIMORE counterstamp (ca. 1836) on a Mexico City
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Baltimore, USA, silver token, HOUCK'S / PANACEA / BALTIMORE counterstamp (ca. 1836) on a Mexico City, Mexico, bust 2 reales of Charles III, 1786 F(M), rare, NGC AG details / damaged. HT-143; Brunk-H-779. Choice bold and full XF counterstamp on an About Good host coin that's unlisted in either Brunk or Rulau. Jacob Houck was a Baltimore-based merchant who sold a "medicine" he created "solely from vegetable matter" that claimed to cure numerous diseases ranging from the mild (Heart Burn, Loss of Appetite) to the deadly (Small Pox, Yellow Fever). NGC #5964205-002.