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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1001601, member: 4781&quot;]desertgem &amp; mikenoodle,</p><p><br /></p><p>You both make similar (valid) points.&nbsp;&nbsp; Judging by the private feedback I&#039;ve received from buyers of my &quot;1964-D&quot; fantasy coin, I&#039;ve made quite a few collectors very happy.&nbsp;&nbsp; They always wanted a 1964-D Peace Dollar like I did, and now we have the closest thing to the official issue that will ever exist.&nbsp;&nbsp; It makes me smile just thinking about the whole thing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there the potential for someone to lose money ? Of course.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1995 the US Mint issued limited-production high-priced 1995-W proof Silver Eagles as part of a gold set.&nbsp;&nbsp; They also issued higher-production lower-priced 1995-P proof Silver Eagles.&nbsp;&nbsp; That opened the door for unscrupulous individuals to take the ($2,000+) 1995-W coin from the set and replace it with a similar looking ($50) 1995-P coin.&nbsp; These faked sets were then sold to unwary buyers for the premium prices attached to sets with the 1995-W coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Was the US Mint to blame for this ?&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course not.&nbsp;&nbsp; What about the set buyers ?&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, they should have checked the sets more closely, but no.&nbsp;&nbsp; The individuals comitting the bait and switch were ultimately to blame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now think of a novice walking into a coin show with a wad of cash to spend.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are literally millions of pitfalls they could fall into.&nbsp;&nbsp; If they fail to educate themselves and/or seek professional advice, they themselves are significantly to blame.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I have, and will continue to, provide information about these coins and how to identify them.&nbsp;&nbsp; The 2009-DC &quot;proofed&quot; Silver Eagles have a permanent and prominent &quot;DC&quot; mint mark.&nbsp;&nbsp; Buyers of my fantasy over-struck &quot;1964-D&quot; Peace Dollars wanted them to look as authentic as possible (several told me that before I even made them).&nbsp;&nbsp; But I still wanted them to have a permanent identifying mark, so I intentionally punched the &quot;D&quot; mint mark far to the left, then corrected to the right:</p><p><img src="http://designscomputed.com/coin_pics/mm_100_1964d_detail1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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