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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1113222, member: 4781&quot;]I appreciate everyone&#039;s viewpoints on this issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>My main reason for making the &quot;1964-D&quot; over-struck Peace Silver dollars is simply that I always wanted one.&nbsp;&nbsp; I grew up around Denver and always heard the talk about them at coin shops and shows.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wanted to experience what it would have been like to hold one of these coins, just at it had come off the press, before falling into the bin.&nbsp;&nbsp; And when I finally obtained and restored a surplus Denver Mint coin press, along with perfecting various production methods, I was finally able to realize that dream (as close as will ever be possible, anyway).</p><p><br /></p><p>Had the US Treasury not released an official document stating that none survived, I never would have made them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will not be making anything like an 1895 Morgan dollar because genuine examples exist in the market place.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also will not be making anything like an &quot;1888-CC&quot; Morgan dollar because changing only the mint mark is not a significant-enough change.&nbsp;&nbsp; Changing the date of a coin to something that US Mint records show was never produced is fair game, in my opinion (so long as the item isn&#039;t misrepresented when sold).</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have plans to make a fantasy over-struck Morgan dollar, but it will be a &quot;1909-o&quot; micro-o.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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