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Message:: [QUOTE="KurtS, post: 2082286, member: 11786"]Well, my coin is actually the same thing as your examples. The die was originally made/dated 1861, and they re-used it in 1871 by correcting the last two digits. This is why in Sweden they would call this "1871--71 på 61" or "71 on 61" as the last two digits were typically corrected on the die. While such a wide date spread may not happen on US coins, for many mints it was common practice in the 19th C to keep and re-use dies over many years. Not to mention we're talking about Sweden here, not US minting practices. So yes, this is an "overdate" too. FYI: it's my understanding, particularly for US coins, that "repunched date" or RPD applies to the same date repunched over another, usually to correct a mistake in placement--such as this 1894/1894 on an Indian Head cent: <img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3228/3034603135_f062f6c010_o.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]