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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 5199499, member: 100731&quot;]Having totally no experience with this coinage (and in general with this period), I recently bought this silver <i>Douzain, </i>which I identified as a Henry II from 1553. The coin looked a bit messy. However, upon close inspection, I noted two different fonts, both on the obverse and reverse: the outer &#039;medieval font&#039; text reading HENRICVS 2 D.G. FRA[NCORV RE]X F, and the inner &#039;not so medieval font&#039;text reading SIT NOMEN BENE(DICTUM). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1214704[/ATTACH]</p><p>Weight 2.41, diameter 26mm. </p><p><br /></p><p>I showed the coin to [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], who identified the overstrike as a 15 deniers of Louis XIV (1638-1715). Unfortunately, the year of the overstrike is nog visible, so the timeframe between the first mint (1553) and the second mint could be 85-162 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of questions:</p><p>1) how common are these overstrikes? </p><p>2) is it possible to pinpoint the date of the overstrike? </p><p>3) what would be the references or catalogue entries for these coin(s)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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