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“1970-D” Fantasy Over-Struck Peace Dollars – Production Blog

In 1970 the US Mint was preparing to produce the new Eisenhower Dollars for 1971. They had no experience striking large-size clad blanks, so some testing was needed. But the new Eisenhower Dollar dies (at least for the obverse) were not yet available. So the US Mint actually prepared dies and struck “1970”-dated Peace Dollars for testing purposes. All of the 1970 Peace Dollars were destroyed and, unlike the enigmatic 1964-D Peace Dollars, no 1970 Peace Dollars are even rumored to still exist.

 

Now available is this modern over-strike "1970-D" Peace. Holding this piece in hand gives the viewer a true sense of what it would be like to examine an original 1970-D Peace Dollar (had any actually been saved). And since these are over-struck on genuine Peace silver dollars and Eisenhower dollars, they have the correct weight (no metal is added or removed), and correct metallic content. 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:

Production has ended.

 

Tooling

Quantity
Over-Struck

Issue Price

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Die Pair 2

”1970”

Apollo 11 (Ike)
copper-nickel
clad

64

(final)

high-grade:
52

circulated:

12

$100
(sold out)

(high-grade)
$70
(sold out)

(circulated)

First produced January, 2020.

All are slightly larger in diameter than a normal large dollar coin.

Over-struck on copper-nickel clad Eisenhower Dollars of 1971-1974 and 1977-1978.

Two were over-struck twice with a lateral shift between over-strikes
(one high-grade, one circulated).
Most of the small certificates that come with these state “1970-D”.
But there is no “D” on the Peace obverse or Eisenhower (Apollo 11) reverse.

Die Pair 2
Apollo 11 (Ike) reverse
over-struck on Eisenhower $
copper-nickel clad

 

 

 

 

 

Die Pair 2

”1970”

Apollo 11 (Ike)
40% silver
clad

97

(final)

high-grade:
94

circulated:

3

$110
(sold out)

(high-grade)
$75
(sold out)

(circulated)

First produced January, 2020.

All are slightly larger in diameter than a normal large dollar coin.

Over-struck on 40% silver clad Eisenhower Dollars of 1971-1974.
Five were multi-over-struck with a lateral shift between over-strikes
(four high-grade, one circulated).
Most of the small certificates that come with these state “1970-D”.
But there is no “D” on the Peace obverse or Eisenhower (Apollo 11) reverse.

Die Pair 2
Apollo 11 (Ike) reverse
over-struck on Eisenhower $
40% silver clad

 

 

 

Die Pair 1
”1970-D”

Peace reverse
90% silver

125

(final)

high-grade:
104

circulated:

21

$120
(sold out)

(high-grade)
$80
(sold out)

(circulated)

First produced January, 2020.

Over-struck on 90% silver Peace Dollars of 1922-1935, except:

One (not released) was normally struck on a copper-nickel clad Eisenhower Dollar blank;

Two (not released) were first struck off-center on copper-nickel clad Ike Dollar blanks,
and then struck farther off-center by die pair 2.
One (not released) was struck off-center on a “1920” Peace over-strike.

Two were multi-over-struck with a lateral shift between over-strikes
(both circulated).

Die Pair 1
Peace reverse
over-struck on Peace $
90% silver