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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 107790, member: 669&quot;]Bone - you really should put the <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> smiley in that kind of post.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll buy the theory that an infinite number of monkeys playing with typewriters for an infinite amount of time could produce the entire works of Shakespear, but I won&#039;t buy the theory that any conceivable die clash could produce that atrocity. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/boobol/bunny.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW <img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; to CoinTalk Silli.&nbsp; When I saw your post title I thought maybe you were talking about the Bugs Bunny postage stamp of several years ago, but 9roswell and Dockwalliper&#039;s answers hit the nail on the head.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Putting an incuse stamp into a coin is called &quot;countermarking&quot;, and it has been practiced for centuries.&nbsp; In fact, there are many world coins which were officially countermarked by governments, often to convert foreign currency for domestic use, to change the value of coins after a monetary devalutation, or even to signify that the coins have been demonetized and are to be treated strictly as bullion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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