counter mark

noun

Also called counterstamp. a sign or device stamped on a coin after its minting.

verb (used with object)

to stamp (a coin) with a countermark; counterstamp.

Origin:
1495–1505; (noun) < Middle French contremarque, equivalent to contre counter- + marque mark¹; (v.) < Middle French contremarquer, derivative of contremarque

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