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This is the 1st video in a 6-part series I’ve made about modern U.S. Mint dies, so be sure and stay tuned for the other videos in this series.
The first group of modern US Mint dies are the 1968-S Proof Torched Dies, that we could also call the GSA dies, because of how they were released, but more on that in just a second. I’ve done my best to condense everything I’ve found about these particular dies, so please bear with me as we jump around a bit to try and piece this story together.
First off, a bit of context. If we check out the history of the San Francisco mint, we’ll notice that in 1968, it assumed all proof coin production from the Philadelphia Mint. Which means that these dies were the first-ever proof dies used at the San Francisco Mint and they were the first higher-denomination dies used there in over a decade. That’s important, because these factors seem to have played a role in these dies making it out onto the market. This group consists of dies from 1c- up thru 50c Half Dollar dies, although I’ve only been able to find this 1 photo of a Half Dollar reverse die. So they must be far scarcer than the other denominations. Something unique about the 1968-S proof dies, is that they were all “torched” so the face of the die was basically melted. Some dies were completely melted off while others were only partially melted so they retained some of the original details.
These dies WE’RE NOT sold directly by the U.S. Mint as canceled dies, but rather sold as scrap thru the GSA, or Goods and Services Administration, (Sound familiar, Morgan Dollar Collectors?).
In piecing this story together, I came across this really cool letter from then mint director Mary Brooks posted by user “MWallace” with the official story regarding these dies. It reads in part, “In late 1968, mutilated die bodies, remaining from the defacement and destruction of worn or otherwise retired dies at the San Francisco Mint, were included in scrap steel sold by the Mint through the GSA at a public sale. A scrap metal dealer purchased it and in turn sold the included dies to a West Coast coin dealer who in turn sold them to other dealers throughout the US.”
Some ads in Coin World at the time read
"Each die was used in the production of the 1968-S proof-sets.
"After the mint resumed production of proof coins in 1968, the facilities did not include means for destruction of the used dies. Consequently, a number of the dies used for proof coins, fell into the hands of a well-known former San Francisco coin dealer.
As a side note: The Mint closes this letter by saying that “Since this occurrence, regulations provide that the scrap steel remaining from die destruction be delivered under security into a steel melting furnace and there melted.”
That’s interesting, because the next group of dies that hit the market in the 90s, the Fred Weinberg dies, seem to contradict that statement as I believe that they were released in a similar fashion to these, but more on that in my last video in the series.
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