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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6588525, member: 85693&quot;]Sort of cheating on an ancients thread, but this just came in the mail today.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really &quot;do&quot; Swedish coins, but I noticed the overstrike and saw in Krause that the early dates for these 1/2 skillings were overstruck on 18th century 1 Or coppers.&nbsp; I thought it looked interesting and the price was right ($7).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The host coin&#039;s date 176[?] is visible on the obverse around 2 o&#039;clock: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264968[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sweden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 1/2 Skilling</b></p><p><b>Gustav IV Adolf&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1803</b></p><p><b>Avesta Mint</b></p><p>Crowned CAIV monogram flanked by three crowns / 1/2 SKIL-crossed arrows-LING</p><p>1803</p><p>KM 565.</p><p><b>Overstruck host coin:&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Sweden 1 Öre of Adolf Frederick </p><p>Crowned AF monogram flanked by three crowns / [1·ÖR] crossed arrows S·M,</p><p>First three digits of date visible: 176[0/1/3/8/9]</p><p>KM 460[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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