FREE: 1964-D Peace Dollar (Contains No Silver)

The listing, 1964-D Peace Dollar (Contains No Silver) has ended.

Diameter:38.10 millimeters
Designer:Anthony de Francisci
Weight26.73grams
Edge:Reeded
Mintage:Unknown (316,076 struck, all reportedly destroyed)
Metal Content:90% Silver, 10% Copper

This auction is for a replica 1964-D Peace Dollar
and this coin does not contain any silver

"Mint records indicate 316,076 1964-dated silver Peace dollars were struck at the Denver Mint in May 1965, but they were all were supposed to be destroyed".

Eva Adams, the U.S. Mint Director at the time, said the 316,076 1964-D dollars that had been struck were classified as trial strikes and all were melted.

However, A senior Mint official that Denver Mint employees each had been afforded the opportunity to two examples of the coins on the first day of production in May 1965. According to DeLorey, the Mint official told Brown that on the second day of production, Denver Mint employees were ordered to return the coins they had purchased, and that most workers complied with the order.

DeLorey states that he later related Brown’s story to a former Denver Mint employee working in the weighing room, who DeLorey says confirmed Brown’s account. According to DeLorey, the employee he spoke with claimed that a fellow Denver Mint worker, when ordered by officials to return his coins, indicated that he had spent his two 1964-D Peace dollars at a Denver bar.

Another story also states...

Superintendent of the Denver Mint at the time, permitted Mint employees to ac-quire examples of the 1964 Peace dollar for face value, as was often the custom on new coins where it was struck. No thought was given that they would not be released. When it was determined that the issue would be melted, the superintendent requested that all pieces be returned. Whether or not any escaped has been a matter of debate ever since that time!