1871 Shield Sovereign Mis Strike

[darren 0]

Recently purchased this coin when I noticed this over strike on the reverse of an 1871 shield sovereign (die 32)M over M in Britanniarum anyone come across this before?

Edited April 25, 2010 by darren

[Peckris 579]

Recently purchased this coin when I noticed this over strike on the reverse of an 1871 shield sovereign (die 32)M over M in Britanniarum anyone come across this before?

I haven't seen that particular one, but double-punching and over-strikes are actually a very common phenomenon before the 20th Century. Whether or not they are so common for gold, someone else would need to say.