Peace Dollars Versus Morgans

I definitely agree. I used to volunteer at a kid's camp for the mentally handicap and they were some of the coolest human beings I've ever met.

As far as the 1964, they never actually were issued by the Mint. Congress was against the production of the 1964 Peace dollar from the get-go. The Mint had already struck a little over 300,000 specimens and as soon as Congress found out about the silver dollars, they were immediately melted down. I'm sure there is truth to a few '64 Dollars running around out there, but I can't imagine any more than 5-10.

And the only reason I guess that many is because look at those people that had 10 1933 St. Gauden's.

With all due respect, it's not your judgement to determine whether or not something is offensive. I cannot express how many parents I've met from volunteering that have told me the struggles of kids, even adults, readily to make fun of their children because they were different. Imagine being that parent, or the nephew, that grew up with a mentally handicap person. It's very taxing and a constant emotional battle. It's not difficult to show common courtesy, especially around people who you don't know whether or not have had to fight that battle. The government is consisted of people, so calling the gov't retarded in essence is calling the people in the gov't retarded.

I didn't know that the mint employees had access to the coins. I read about this a while ago and thought it was a program that was kept secret from the public and many of the employees. But if employees did have access, I can see more coins available out there. Although, didn't they weight the melt to compare to the amount they had minted?

You're right. This is a coin forum, where people have feelings about certain words that could be construed as offensive in which can be easily avoided. It's not hard choosing another word like you did in your last comment ("idiot"). It's interesting how it wasn't just a coin forum when you were spell-checking other's comments. I'm not here to get upset over someone's lack of decency, I'm here to engage with other coin collectors and learn/share knowledge. Anyway...

It is a shame, especially those that do have '64 Peace dollars in their collections are even more skeptical after the confiscation of those St. Gauden's.

Smokerider, call something retarded in front of my uncle and ask him if he's offended. He'll probably just burst into tears.

It. Is. Offensive. Whether you like it or not. As for being oversensitive--erm, your example doesn't hold up and actually seems a bit constructed. I don't object to "well, that's queer, isn't it?" and neither do any of the gay people I know. We are not stupid enough to not know that the meaning "strange" or "odd" came first. What we object to is "that's so gay," where the word "gay" takes the place of "stupid." That's the same thing I'm objecting to with you using retarded. It's not okay, and there's a reason polite people don't use it anymore.


Dave: yes, and no. "Retarded" is still a medical diagnosis; you don't say someone is "clinically challenged." Below a certain point, the IQ is considered to be "retarded"--which, like flame-retardant jammies, means they can't do things as quickly. However, as a rule the phrases "learning disability" and "mentally differenced" are used in conversation.

This has gone way off topic. I'm glad someone is putting a stop to it.

Hmm, I like both equally, but unless I was making mid 6 figures, I would not try to put together a Morgan run. Locally, the Morgans sell for at LEAST 1.5 times the cost of Peace dollars, even at junk grade.

That would be a Peaceful Morgan...