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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 5140, member: 708&quot;]Ah in the late 1700s and early 1800s we had a major coin crisis and we pinched alot of spanish stuff and overstruck those too, so it was happening in both countries at around the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as for hammered coins, it is indeed the case that no two are alike. the lack of a collar around the edges emphasises this difference as they would when minted, depending on the overall variance between the power used when hitting the dies with the hammer, could be minutely fatter or thinner, and the lack of a collar meant they weren&#039;t totally round.</p><p><br /></p><p>The early milled stuff is like this too, hand presses minted them, they are milled with a collar but the cutting out of the blanks was not as precise as it is now, so they vary somewhat![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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