Tredegar 1812 Penny overstruck on Birmingham Copper Company Coin

[Paddy]

I have picked up bucket loads of coins in the last week and am enjoying sorting through them. 

This one interested me - obviously Tredegar 1812 penny, but very clearly overstruck on a Union Copper Company Birmingham Penny. Is this unusual? I see lots of 18th/19th century tokens, but have not noticed an overstrike before.

 

[Sword]

Found this example: https://simmonsgallery.co.uk/shop/tokens/19th-century-copper-token-coinage/mb94-34-19th-c-copper-penny-tredegar-iron-company-overstrike-high-grade/

Not nearly as nice as yours. It's a very interesting piece regardless of its value.

Edited October 12, 2020 by Sword

[JLS]

On 10/4/2020 at 1:54 PM, Paddy said:

I have picked up bucket loads of coins in the last week and am enjoying sorting through them. 

This one interested me - obviously Tredegar 1812 penny, but very clearly overstruck on a Union Copper Company Birmingham Penny. Is this unusual? I see lots of 18th/19th century tokens, but have not noticed an overstrike before.

 

This is usual; it is rarer to see examples struck on virgin flans (you can tell by the edge, different graining). I've owned a couple of overstruck ones but not the virgin flan type, although they do come up occasionally. 

Yours is a nice example; like most 19th century penny tokens these were very heavily circulated and not terribly well made in the first place, so anything VF or better is scarce.