Counterstamped Peru 2 Reales 1776--Kunkel's Opera Troupe 1850s Baltimore MD

Kunkel's Opera Troupe was a variety act founded in the late 1850s. Several coin types were counterstamped for advertising purposes. The most notable fact about this company is that John Wilkes Booth was employed as an actor there, just prior to working at Ford's Theater where he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.