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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2507770, member: 77639&quot;]In the 1800s and 1900s, if U.S. coins were struck with dies made in a past year or perhaps from new dies made from a hub which was made in a past year, those coins are quite collectible today.&nbsp; In fact some, like 1804 dollars are extremely expensive coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>What would be the situation if that were done today, especially if few if any of the coins exist today?&nbsp; Specifically, I&#039;m thinking of the 1964 Morgan and Peace dollars.&nbsp; Hubs and dies for these coins were recently discovered in a mint vault.&nbsp; No 1964 Morgans were supposedly struck.&nbsp; A great many 1964 Peace dollars were struck, and supposedly none were released.&nbsp; However, there are persistent rumors that a few escaped the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint could use these hubs and dies to produce a few thousand or tens of thousands of coins for collectors and then destroy the hubs and dies.&nbsp; The mint could even use silver melted from lower denomination 1964 coins as the metal source.&nbsp; The Peace dollars could be viewed as bona fide restrikes because 1964 Peace dollars were actually struck.&nbsp; The Morgans would be in a different category.&nbsp; In some respects, they would be like the made-to-order patterns of the 19th century, but not entirely, because the designs, hubs and dies weren&#039;t made with collectors in mind (as far as is known).&nbsp; However, their production now would be to generate income from collectors, and not for circulation.&nbsp; No doubt, the mint could make a huge pile of money by using these hubs and dies to produce coins for collectors.&nbsp; Should they do it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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