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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7533193, member: 110226"]At least, with ancient coins, the number of countermarks that a coin can have is more or less limited by the size of the flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>In more modern times, with large silver coins being used for trade, especially in Asia, and specifically China, some coins were so heavily stamped, and cut, mostly by merchants, that much of the original design was obliterated, as with this example.</p><p><br /></p><p>26.4 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7533193, member: 110226"]At least, with ancient coins, the number of countermarks that a coin can have is more or less limited by the size of the flan. In more modern times, with large silver coins being used for trade, especially in Asia, and specifically China, some coins were so heavily stamped, and cut, mostly by merchants, that much of the original design was obliterated, as with this example. 26.4 grams [ATTACH=full]1300680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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