Counterstamped Peace $

I got a toned AU/BU 1923 Peace dollar today.
The interesting thing about it is that has a circular counterstamp on the
reverse "Camp David Peace Summit, Sept 6-17 1978" with the names Carter, Sadat
and Begin withing that.
Anyone know the background of this coin?

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"Brutus" wrote:

I got a toned AU/BU 1923 Peace dollar today.
The interesting thing about it is that has a circular counterstamp on the
reverse "Camp David Peace Summit, Sept 6-17 1978" with the names Carter,
Sadat
and Begin withing that.
Anyone know the background of this coin?

It's the first of many counterstamped coins produced by Mel Wacks in the
late 1970's and early 1980's to commemorate historical events.

Quoting Mel on the Collectors Universe U. S. Coin Forum:

# The Camp David counterstamps with incused designs were prototypes made
# by Ed McClung. They were not good enough to market, and are extremely
# rare. Adam Cool made the die with raised design elements and
# counterstamped the 1,000 Camp David Peace Dollars issued.
# mel wacks

Additional info is on the Jewish-Amerian Hall of Fame website:
http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/about/chronology2.html

Bill Rosenblum has sold some in his mail bid sales in the past, but I
don't know what kind of money they brought ...

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San Jose, CA 95152 Coins, currency, exonumia, souvenir cards, etc.
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Thanks for the information.

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In article ,
"Brutus" wrote:

I got a toned AU/BU 1923 Peace dollar today.
The interesting thing about it is that has a circular counterstamp on the
reverse "Camp David Peace Summit, Sept 6-17 1978" with the names Carter,
Sadat
and Begin withing that.
Anyone know the background of this coin?

It's the first of many counterstamped coins produced by Mel Wacks in the
late 1970's and early 1980's to commemorate historical events.

Quoting Mel on the Collectors Universe U. S. Coin Forum:

# The Camp David counterstamps with incused designs were prototypes made
# by Ed McClung. They were not good enough to market, and are extremely
# rare. Adam Cool made the die with raised design elements and
# counterstamped the 1,000 Camp David Peace Dollars issued.
# mel wacks

Additional info is on the Jewish-Amerian Hall of Fame website:
http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/about/chronology2.html

Bill Rosenblum has sold some in his mail bid sales in the past, but I
don't know what kind of money they brought ...

--
Ken Barr Numismatics email:
P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com
San Jose, CA 95152 Coins, currency, exonumia, souvenir cards, etc.
408-272-3247 NEXT SHOW: Cupertino CC 02/21 Naperdak Hall w/ Mac's
Coins