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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 25471918, member: 19165&quot;]I think most of these are made intentionally and with a purpose. The first strike was a good coin. For the second strike, the city-state needed their own branded money, found coins that met their standard, and decided to overstrike their new design on a &quot;planchet&quot; they liked. It was a very intentional choice. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not consider these errors at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>You see the same phenomenon up into the late 1700s, across many countries. I have a Swiss 1 Schilling from the 1750s that clearly has overstruck features. Several colonial coins are known for this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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