Overstrikes

[Rick]

Overstrikes are amazing. Showing some traces of the original coin, mixed to the lines of the new currency.

You'll discover some things only with time.

I'm always looking for something special.

Rick

[scott]

ahh yes overstrikes

quite interesting on russian issues, they used older coins as bases for new ones, you can see the eagle wing coming out of the horses head

[Rick]

ahh yes overstrikes

quite interesting on russian issues, they used older coins as bases for new ones, you can see the eagle wing coming out of the horses head

pretty beautiful your coin. i'm interested in all overstrikes. old host coins under new ones. two histories at the same coin.

[Rick]

There are some overstrikes and other brazilian coins.

Enjoy! Great video.

Rick

[Rick]

One brazilian silver 320 Reis over another brazilian 320 Reis. We can see the two overlapping legends and the another 320 value, crossing the center.

[Rick]

One brazilian silver 320 Reis over another brazilian 320 Reis. We can see the two overlapping legends and the another 320 value, crossing the center.

[Rick]

I have found this amazing coin! The images are great.

http://eepnumismatica.com/coins/brazil/overstrike-brazil-portugal-silver-640-reis-1812-r-vfxf

[Rob]

There aren't many in the British issues, the majority being the 1804 5/- Dollars by the Bank of England overstruck on Spanish 8 reales. There is also a handful of trial strikes in the reigns of William and Mary and during his sole reign at the time of the recoinage for example. Below is the trial striking of 2 1689 farthings (P.564) on a Charles II halfpenny as mentioned in the footnote on P.155 in Peck.

Edited August 20, 2010 by Rob

[Rick]

There aren't many in the British issues, the majority being the 1804 5/- Dollars by the Bank of England overstruck on Spanish 8 reales. There is also a handful of trial strikes in the reigns of William and Mary and during his sole reign at the time of the recoinage for example. Below is the trial striking of 2 1689 farthings (P.564) on a Charles II halfpenny as mentioned in the footnote on P.155 in Peck.

On Brazilian coins you can get many overstrikes. Almost all 960 Reis silver coins are over Spanish 8 Reales.

Spanish coin, is the "8 Reales" piece. This is the famous "Piece of Eight" and later became called as "Peso".

The Spanish peso, circulated through out the American Colonies, and States. It continued to be legal tender, until they were demonetized in 1857. Foreign money remained in widespread use in the United States until the middle of the nineteenth century. Several foreign coins were provided legal tender status in order to supplement the scanty American specie supply. A particular disadvantage was the perpetuation of non-decimal units of account, especially in New York. When the U.S. enacted a subsidiary silver standard in 1853, the expedient bases for the lawful status of foreign coin was removed. In 1857, the United States coinage was finally reformed to secure an exclusive national currency.

Also see interesting matter in this link:

http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/projects/PiN/ccp.html

[Chris Perkins]

I've got a Swedish 1802 Skilling over a 174? 2 Ore. They certainly are interesting.

And talking of Brasilian (but more a countermark than an overstrike) I have an 1832R 80 Reis which has been stamped with a large '40' from the city of Ico

[Rick]

I've got a Swedish 1802 Skilling over a 174? 2 Ore. They certainly are interesting.

And talking of Brasilian (but more a countermark than an overstrike) I have an 1832R 80 Reis which has been stamped with a large '40' from the city of Ico

Nice! It's a copper coin. National Countermark - 1835

In order to prevent chaotic conditions resulting from local and private countermarking, the government passed Law

#54 of 6 October 1835 ordering all coppers. These countermarks were applied to various Brazilian coinage from 1799-1833.