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Message:: [QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 8313129, member: 102103"]I think I found an overstruck Azores coin:Azores, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces32652.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces32652.html" rel="nofollow">1795, 20 Réis</a>, Maria I, OverstruckI can see some text leftover by the crown on the obverse, and I think the parallel diagonal lines on the reverse by the 20 are from the previous surface.Any suggestions as to what the 20 Réis were struck over?  Thanks!Coin is 35 mm, 11.61 g[ATTACH=full]1471675[/ATTACH]Edit:  On closer inspection, I think the parallel lines are part of a shield pattern very similar to the one on the obverse.  But the base of the shield is rotated to an 11:00 orientation compared to the 6:00 on the obverse. From the size and pattern, I think it was probably struck over some sort of Portugal 10 Réis, though I'm <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=portugal_section&r=&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=10&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=1500-1795&m=np&f=&t=34-36&w=11-14&mt=&g=&se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=portugal_section&r=&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=10&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=1500-1795&m=np&f=&t=34-36&w=11-14&mt=&g=&se=" rel="nofollow">not sure which one</a>.[/QUOTE]