Printable Catalog with Mintage Statistics for Items Designed and Minted by Daniel Carr / Moonlight Mint.

“1964-D” Fantasy Over-Struck Morgan Dollars – Production Blog

All are over-struck on genuine (circa 1878-1921) US Mint Morgan Silver Dollars.

The 1964-D Morgan silver dollar is a coin that almost was. When the US Mint was instructed to start producing 1964 silver dollars, the order did not specify what design to use. So the US Mint investigated using the Morgan design and the Peace design. Eventually the Peace design was chosen and 316,076 1964-D Peace silver dollars were struck at the Denver Mint in May of 1965. Those coins were subsequently destroyed. No 1964 Morgan dollars were minted. In September 2016 a Coin World article revealed that archives at the US Mint in Philadelphia contain galvanos and master hubs for 1964 Morgan and 1964 Peace dollars. According to the article, none of the hubs and master dies found have a "D" mint mark.

Now available is this modern over-strike "1964-D" Morgan. Holding this coin in hand gives the viewer a true sense of what it would be like to own an original 1964-D Morgan silver dollar (had any actually been issued). And since these are over-struck on genuine Morgan silver dollars, they have the correct weight (no metal is added or removed), correct metallic content, and correct diameter. All the over-strikes are privately and painstakingly performed using a surplus Denver Mint coin press.

NOTE: These are NOT endorsed by the US Treasury. Defacing of US coins is legal so long as the defacement isn't for fraudulent purposes.

Production listed in chronological order - newest production at top, oldest production at bottom.

Current Status:

All production has ended. Die Pair 1 and Die Pair 2 were both clashed. Die Pair 1 was X-cancelled and used to strike some more pieces before total defacement.

Tooling	Quantity Over-Struck	Issue Price	Notes
Die Pair 1 ”1964-D” Cancelled Dies	108 (final)	$145 (sold out) (high-grade)	First produced May, 2017. 12 were double-over-struck with lateral shift between strikes. Five were given a matte finish (three single over-strikes and two double over-strikes).
Die Pair 1 Cancelled Dies
Die Pair 1 Die Pair 2 ”1964-D” Matte	88 (final)	$140 (sold out) (high-grade)	First produced January, 2017. Eight (not released) were struck by the clashed dies.
Die Pair 1 & 2 Matte
Die Pair 2 ”1964-D” Proof-like| No Clashing	396 (final) high-grade: 389 circulated: 7	$135 (sold out) (high-grade)	First produced November, 2016.
Die Pair 2 Proof-like High Grade No Clashing
Die Pair 2 ”1964-D” Proof-like| Clashed Dies	99 (final) high-grade: 99	$135 (sold out) (high-grade)	First produced February, 2017. Two (not released) were struck on 1972-D and 1974-D copper-nickel clad Eisenhower Dollars.
Die Pair 2 Proof-like Clashed Dies
Die Pair 1 ”1964-D” Brilliant Satin No Clashing	919 (final) high-grade: 786  bag-handled: 133	$115 (sold out) (high-grade) $85 (sold out)  (bag-handled)	First produced October, 2016.
Die Pair 1 Brilliant Satin High Grade No Clashing
Die Pair 1 Brilliant Satin Bulk Handled No Clashing
Die Pair 1 ”1964-D” Brilliant Satin Clashed Dies	84 (final) high-grade: 84 bag-handled: 0	$125 (sold out) (high-grade)	First produced January, 2017. The last four struck have slightly stronger and slightly doubled clashing.
Die Pair 1 Brilliant Satin High Grade Clashed Dies