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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 6546177, member: 102103"]Here are three possible examples:</p><p>Austria <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18836.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18836.html" rel="nofollow">1802 7 kreutzer</a></p><p>All of these were struck over debased 1795 12 kreutzer coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1262538[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine anonymous follis class E 1059-1067 Constantine X</p><p>Not sure if overstruck or just double struck. </p><p>But something is going on with the text on the reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1262539[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1/8 real <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57778.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57778.html" rel="nofollow">Durango 1824</a></p><p>I believe most of these are contemporary counterfeits struck over 1821-3 </p><p>Nueva Viscaya 1/8 real coppers. I can't tell how to be sure just by looking.</p><p>This was just after the Mexican War of Independence from Spain and there </p><p>was a lot of monetary chaos with coin shortages in the provinces.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1262540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 6546177, member: 102103"]Here are three possible examples: Austria [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18836.html']1802 7 kreutzer[/URL] All of these were struck over debased 1795 12 kreutzer coins [ATTACH=full]1262538[/ATTACH] Byzantine anonymous follis class E 1059-1067 Constantine X Not sure if overstruck or just double struck. But something is going on with the text on the reverse [ATTACH=full]1262539[/ATTACH] 1/8 real [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57778.html']Durango 1824[/URL] I believe most of these are contemporary counterfeits struck over 1821-3 Nueva Viscaya 1/8 real coppers. I can't tell how to be sure just by looking. This was just after the Mexican War of Independence from Spain and there was a lot of monetary chaos with coin shortages in the provinces. [ATTACH=full]1262540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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