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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 880938, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s not an error in any way. It was done quite intentionally.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s quite simple. They literally took an old coin issued by the previous King, used that coin as a planchet, and struck the new coin right on top of the old one. And yes, it was an extremely common practice for hundreds of years. Vitually every country did it, and did it often. </p><p><br /></p><p>As to why they did, it was because it was much cheaper to use the old coins as planchets, they were already the correct size and weight after all, than it would have been to melt them all down, make new planchets, and strike the new coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think of it like this. The US Mint would take a bunch of older clad Washington quarters. Then they would put them in the coin press and strike National Park quarters right over top of the old design. </p><p><br /></p><p>In some cases, maybe even most of them, you would still be able to see the old design underneath the new design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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