overstrike
1 of 2transitive verb
1
: to impress (a finished coin) with the design of another coin
2
: to impress (a specified coin design) onto a specified coin of another design
overstrike an 1827 quarter on an 1806 quarter
overstrike
2 of 2noun
: a coin that has been overstruck
ancient Greek overstrikes
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
over entry 1 + strike
- melanittae
- melanittas
- melanization
- melanizations
- melanize
- melanized
- melanized soil
- melanizes
- melanizing
- melano-
- melanoblast
- melanoblasts
- melanocerite
- melanochroi
- melanochroic
- melanochroid
- melanochroous
- melanocomous
- melanocratic
- melanocyte
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- melanocytes
- melanoderm
- melanodermae
- melanodermas