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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 7852010, member: 114169&quot;]You can read more about it here, if you don&#039;t mind external links.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://moonlightmint.com/other.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://moonlightmint.com/other.htm" rel="nofollow">http://moonlightmint.com/other.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t like external links, here is his telling of the tale.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352370[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a Wikipedia page on this as well.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t read everything on this controversy, so I really don&#039;t have an opinion, other than I&#039;m not a fan of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_Silver_Dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_Silver_Dollar" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_Silver_Dollar</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that Dan did the design and engraved the initial set of dies, but didn&#039;t actually strike these coins.&nbsp; He says his design was modified and that Sunshine Mint / SoftSky Mint carried this series forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a LOT more on Dan&#039;s site, and worth the read.&nbsp; Not ALL of the iterations of this design bear the DC logo, and keep in mind, this all occurred before Moonlight Mint got their Graebner press from the Denver Mint and really got into production.&nbsp; Dan&#039;s involvement seems to have started and ended in 2004, but production of these went on until 2010 it seems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Z[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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