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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 33776, member: 283&quot;]Actually, the saying (in relation to the counterstamped coinage goes like this:-</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Bank, to make the money pass</p><p>Stamped the head of a fool with the head of an ass.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>and looks like this:-</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/UKDollarObv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/UKDollarRev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t forget the role of `overstruck&#039; coins though. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only coin to legally circulate in Britain which carried the word `dollar&#039; on it was the Bank of England 5/- coin of 1804. It is strictly speaking a&nbsp; token issued by the Bank during the `madness of King George&#039;. This one has an endearing (not!) bankers mark strategically placed where it isn&#039;t too obvious...right on his cheek. :-(</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note the not so endearing bankers mark strategically placed where it isn&#039;t too obvious...right on his cheek. :-(</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/6shillObv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/6shillRev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Obv.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/1804Rev.jpg</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>All three of these use spanish colonials as the `host&#039; coin. If you look closely at the legends of the 2nd and 3rd you will see traces of the host coin legends remaining.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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