World overstruck coins - do you collect them?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by gxseries, Dec 3, 2013.

  1. gxseries

    gxseries Coin Collector

    I have been hiding away doing a lot of things and this is one of them - I have been cataloging what coins I have in my collection.

    This is a rather niche market to collect and I just have to get my head stuck in this. Think it's a really really bad habit of mine.

    For those who don't know what overstruck means, it means using an old coin instead of a fresh new planchet to be struck as a 'new' coin. The result is that it may have traces of the old design under the newly struck coin.

    Here are some of my favorites:

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    The rest of my collection can be seen here: http://gxseries.com/numis/overstrike/world_overstrike.htm

    Please feel free to show some of your awesome overstruck coins!
     
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  3. yarm

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  4. benveniste

    benveniste Type Type

    I can't say I collect them, but I do have an 1804 British Trade Dollar which was struck over a Spanish 8 Reales:

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