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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 2258733, member: 11786&quot;]I did not realize Switzerland had produced a modern overdate coin, so <b>a big thanks</b> to a friend for alerting me to this one! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On this variety, I think it&#039;s pretty clear the whole date has been impressed over the old one--traces can be seen on every digit (arrows). But I&#039;m unsure if the whole die was re-hubbed with the new date, or only the date was added. It would take a study of numerous coins to determine if the date position <i>varied at all on the same year</i>, which would suggest dies were dated individually. I may do that to satisfy my curiosity...</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that struck me about this coin. For a mint that has produced such a consistently high-quality product, they weren&#039;t very good at removing the prior date. In fact, nearly all of the top of the 4 is visible!&nbsp; It&#039;s evident they tried to polish away the prior date, as the denticles are weaker underneath, but they stopped near the main design. This is the<i> only overdate for this series</i>, so perhaps it was an experiment at re-dating dies? From what I&#039;ve seen, the Bern mint did not use dies until they failed, so perhaps they had many dies from prior years with some &quot;life&quot; left? More speculation on my part, but maybe the mint was dissatisfied with the result of this overdate, so they scrapped the idea entirely? One thing is certain, there are few (if any) other documented overdates in modern Switzerland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some pictures of the coin: the overdate is very easy to see. I&#039;ve called out places on every digit where doubling is seen:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5684/22427097332_4601046fcd_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from a few marks, the grade on this coin is pretty nice!&nbsp; It appears the obverse die is more worn than the reverse--you can see the metal flow lines on the die. This would be expected if a die were re-dated and used to strike more coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/665/22237098318_8ced772c6f_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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