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Catalog with Mintage Statistics for Items Designed and Minted by Daniel Carr /
Moonlight Mint.
Vintage Morgan Dollar “X”-Cancelled Die
Strikes – Production Blog
In October 2021 three vintage Morgan Dollar dies, along with a vintage medal die and a newly-engraved die, were utilized at Moonlight Mint to produce several varieties of re-strikes.
The five dies used:
Morgan Dollar 1884 obverse (1884 vintage,
engraved and “X”-cancelled by US Mint);
Morgan Dollar CC reverse (1879-1893 vintage, engraved and “X”-cancelled by US
Mint);
Morgan Dollar S reverse (1879-1901 vintage, engraved and “X”-cancelled by US
Mint);
Ohio veterans medal showing Mexico
landscape (vintage, engraver unknown, not cancelled);
Morgan Centennial obverse (new, engraved by Daniel Carr).
The “1884” and “CC” dies are a matched pair – both have number “37” stamped on the shanks.
The new Morgan obverse die
includes fine print stating:
“REVERSE STRUCK BY CANCELLED US MINT DIE / CENTENNIAL OF THE LAST MORGAN
DOLLARS / DIE OWNED BY JOHN WANG / STRUCK OCTOBER 2021, BY MOONLIGHT MINT /
DANIEL CARR”.
All three vintage dies were used as-is, without any polishing, bead-blasting, or heat-treatment. During the process of striking, all three vintage dies had issues with enlargement of the die face diameter and some warping of the die face, due to insufficient and/or improper heat-treating (hardening) by the US Mint. Initially, the dies would fit in a 38mm collar. But after making some initial strikes, the dies no longer had sufficient clearance to work with a 38mm collar. So the collar was switched from 38mm to a 39mm diameter for the remainder of the production (except for the 2-troy-oz 999 silver strikes which were all struck using a 50mm collar). In addition to the enlargement of the die face diameter, the “S”-mint reverse die developed a few new die cracks in the vicinity of both wing tips. Other than these issues, all three vintage Morgan Dollar dies survived the 150 tons of striking force that they were subjected to and delivered.
Note that these are not the same as the similar items that were previously produced at the Nevada State Museum (in the old Carson City Mint building). Those utilized a different “1884” obverse die (with the “X” cancel in a different location), along with a “CC” reverse die that can be identified as being from 1878 (due to the parallel top arrow feather). The Moonlight Mint strikes utilized an “S” (San Francisco) reverse die and a “CC” reverse die identified as being from 1879-1893 (due to the slanted top arrow feather).
Several types exist in small
quantities with significant laterally-shifted over-strikes.
All specimens have a brilliant finish except when antiqued as indicated below.
All strikes have coin-flip
orientation unless otherwise noted as “medal-turn” below.
All specimens show some amount of edge reeding (sometimes faint) except as
indicated “smooth edge” below.
NOTE: Not legal tender. These are NOT endorsed by the US Treasury. Defacing of US coins is legal so long as the defacement isn't for fraudulent purposes.
For similar items see:
Centennial of the first
Denver Mint silver dollars ;
1921-2021 Silver Dollar Centennial Rounds .
Current Status:
All production has been completed.
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Die Pair 5 Mexico landscape obverse “S”-mint reverse
Medal-turn orientation.
Copper. Mintage: 2 999 Silver (38mm clipped)
ISSUE PRICE $ N/A |
Strike on Copper. |
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Die Pair 4 Centennial obverse “S”-mint reverse
Over-struck on 1878-1921 Morgan Silver Dollars:
Medal-turn orientation Mintage: 8 One was over-struck with
Coin-flip orientation Mintage: 36 Some (brilliant & antiqued)
Struck on 38mm blanks:
Copper-nickel clad US Mint Mintage: 2
Brass. Mintage: 4 Thick Copper, Mintage: 4 Normal Copper Mintage: 20
999 Silver (1 troy oz) Five (brilliant) have lateral
Struck on miscellaneous Total mintage: 9
ISSUE PRICE $ TBD |
Over-strike on Morgan Silver dollar, dies with medal-turn alignment, antiqued.
Over-strike on Morgan Silver dollar, brilliant.
Strike on US Mint copper-nickel clad Eisenhower Dollar blank.
Strike on Brass.
Strike on Copper.
Strike on 39mm 1-troy-oz 999 Silver.
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Die Pair 3 “CC”-mint reverse “S”-mint reverse
Over-struck on 1878-1921 Morgan Silver Dollars:
Mintage: 2
Over-struck on gold Liberty-Head $20
Mintage: 1
Struck on 38mm blanks:
999 Silver (1 troy oz),
Struck on 50mm blanks:
999 Silver (2 troy oz)
ISSUE PRICE $ TBD |
Over-strike on Morgan Silver dollar, brilliant.
Strike on 39mm 1-troy-oz 999 Silver.
Strike on 50mm 2-troy-oz 999 Silver.
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Die Pair 2 “1884” obverse “S”-mint reverse
Over-struck on 1878-1921 Morgan Silver Dollars:
Mintage: 104 14 have off-center 5 were over-struck centered
Struck on 38mm blanks:
999 Silver (1 troy oz)
Struck on 50mm blanks:
999 Silver (2 troy oz)
Over-struck on 50mm
999 Silver (2 troy oz)
ISSUE PRICE $ TBD |
Off-center strike on Morgan silver dollar, with original “1884” date showing on host coin.
Strike on 39mm 1-troy-oz 999 Silver.
Strike on 50mm 2-troy-oz 999 Silver.
Strike on 50mm 2-troy-oz 999 Silver Centennial of last Morgan Dollars.
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Die Pair 1 “1884” obverse “CC”-mint reverse
Over-struck on 1878-1921 Morgan Silver Dollars:
With edge mark: Mintage: 70 Without edge marking. Mintage: 199 The first 6 (brilliant only) 28 have off-center Six have multi-strike with
Over-struck on gold Liberty-Head $20
Mintage: 2
Struck on 38mm blanks:
999 Silver (1 troy oz)
9999 Gold (1.5 troy oz) The edge marking is
Struck on 50mm blanks:
999 Silver (2 troy oz)
Over-struck on 50mm
999 Silver (2 troy oz)
999 Silver (2 troy oz)
ISSUE PRICE $ TBD |
Over-strike on Morgan Silver dollar, brilliant.
Morgan Dollar over-strike with “DIE PAIR 37” edge marking (obscured by edge reeding).
Strike on 39mm 1-troy-oz 999 Silver.
Strike on 39mm 1.5-troy-oz 9999 Gold.
Strike on 50mm 2-troy-oz 999 Silver.
Strike on 50mm 2-troy-oz 999 Silver Centennial of last Morgan Dollars.
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