To strike beyond.

A coin which has been re-issued after striking a new design over the top of the original. Often traces of the old design remain visible..

When a coin is made by striking an existing coin. The main British example is the George III Bank of England dollar which was struck on a Spanish coin. Not to be confused with a countermark an overstrike is a full re strike. Coins that show traces of the host coin are usually worth more.

To print characters over each other.

a method used in word processing to produce a character not in the typeface by superimposing two separate characters, eg $ using s and l.

Pertaining to a character or symbol that occupies the same space as another character or symbol.

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