Back in December of 2013, I was going through our boxes of raw coins when I came across a counterstamped 1853 seated half dollar.  The coin with its hole piqued my interest, and I wanted to know more about Mr. Loveless. In fairly short order, my Google skills failed me so I thought I would try my luck on Coin Talk (another coin forum I frequent).  My post was responded to by a number of knowledgeable counterstamp experts and collectors, one of whom was Mr. Bruce R. Mosher.