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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark240590, post: 2042690, member: 39953&quot;]Basically, for the westindian countermarked coins they were done because they were to exclusively circulate there because of the shortage of change. Hence using french West Indies coins as a host in the case of the ToB one, the GR Reale (ten pence) was ordered from the Spanish then Countermarked. The liberty dollar never truly circulated but had a value to trade for so is accepted it was more of a political piece though. And finally the trade dollar much like any of the 8 reales or similar were chopped to prove authenticity. Sometimes by banks and others by merchants, who would accept these pieces back after marking it. </p><p>Again I really have no idea why someone stamped a sun onto the Pfenning though :S[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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