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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2172337, member: 28107&quot;]According to Dan&#039;s argument, once struck a piece always has legal tender status regardless of the degree of mutilation.&nbsp; If I melt 90% junk silver and make my own planchets and strike 1964-D Peace Dollars, are these counterfeits?&nbsp; What if I use generic 90% silver and do the same?&nbsp; How are these materially different?&nbsp; Note that the relevant statutes speak to those who &quot;falsely make&quot; a piece in design or similitude to US coinage. He is not authorized to strike coins with the Peace Dollar inscriptions and devices so it doesn&#039;t matter whether the underlying coin is still legal tender or whether they are counterfeits per se.&nbsp; The pieces still run afoul of the statute in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.&nbsp; You raise the argument about overstriking coins of the same design, what about his 1964 Franklins over Kennedy 90% coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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