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“1936” Proof-Like Fantasy Over-Struck High-Relief Peace – Production Blog

No Peace dollars were minted for circulation after 1935. In 1936 the US Mint began selling proof sets which included a cent, nickel, dime, quarter-dollar, and half-dollar. This “1936” proof-like fantasy Peace represents a “what if ?” scenario had the US Mint produced Peace Dollars for one more year and included them in the 1936 proof sets. These have a high relief obverse like the 1921 issue, and a true high relief reverse. No proof-like Peace Dollars were produced by the US Mint. One reason is that the sculpts had uneven fields and not a constant-radius dish like Morgan Dollars had. For example, the Peace Dollar obverse sculpt has a trough along the back of Liberty’s neck. That trough is a high point on the dies and would be polished off if the dies were lapped for a proof-like finish. For this fantasy issue the fields were modified to have a constant-radius basin, which allowed die polishing for a cameo proof-like appearance. Due to excessive forces required to over-strike existing low-relief coins and impart a high-relief proof-like finish, the dies quickly developed some “cartwheel” luster (also known as “mint bloom”). Regardless, all pieces have a “Cameo” proof-like appearance.

 

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:

Production with Die Pair 1 (“1936” proof-like) has ended.

 

Die Pair

Quantity Struck

Issue
Price

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Die Pair 1
”1936”

Proof-like

* 108

(final)

high-grade:
108

$300

(sold out)

(high-grade)

First produced March, 2022.

 

All are over-struck on US Mint Peace Silver Dollars that were minted from 1922 to 1935.

 

* Seven additional pieces were over-struck with a slightly mis-aligned obverse and then over-struck a second time about 10% to 20% off-center (one of those with clashed dies on second over-strike). One additional piece was broad-struck (centered) with clashed dies.

Die Pair 1

Cameo Proof-Like
High Grade