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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 25218257, member: 40017&quot;]I can do that in a way - Spanish 8 reales dated 1781 and minted in Mexico, countermarked with the head of George III for circulation as a 5 Shilling Crown in Britain.</p><p>These were captured by the Royal Navy and British privateers as the came across the Atlantic from the Spanish colonies in Central and South America. There was a great shortage of coinage in the UK at the time, so they were simply marked and re-issued.</p><p>The joke at the time was &quot;the head of a fool on the neck of an ass&quot;!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1606683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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