1921 Peace Dollar
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The 1921 Peace Dollar has a value of between $125 and $6,500
Type: Peace Dollar
Value: $125 to $6,500
Silver Value: $20.96Mintages: 1 Million
Metal Content: 90% silver, 10% copper
Raw Weight: 26.73 g
Silver Weight: .7735 oz
Face Value: $1.00
Diameter: 1.5 in
Edge: Reeded
Years Minted: 1921–1928 and 1934,1935
The 1921 Peace Dollar was the first of these fine silver dollars to be issued. The coin was designed by Anthony de Francisci as an alternative to the Morgan Dollar, and in honor of the peace accords following World War I. Because of the Pittman Act in 1918, millions of silver dollars were to be minted and, in 1921, production of the Morgan Dollar, and then the Peace Dollar began. From 1921 until 1928 when the fulfillment of the Pittman Act took place, millions of Peace Dollars were struck.
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- The 1921 Peace Dollar (Buy on eBay) was the first year of issue for the new series of silver dollars. Slightly more than one million coins were produced at the Philadelphia Mint during the period from December 28 to December 31, 1921. The coins would be released into circulation early in the following year.
1921 Peace Dollar Uncirculated
Peace dollars were minted in the years 1921-1928 and again from 1934-1935. Peace Dollar Design. The design of the Peace dollar is the work of Anthony de Francisci. The Peace dollar design was the result of a competition to design a coin that was symbolic of peace after the First World War.
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Coin Info
In 1921, The United States Mint struck two types of silver dollars – the Morgan silver dollar (also referred to as the Liberty Head silver dollar) and the Peace dollar. Peace silver dollars were designed by an Italian-American sculptor named Anthony de Francisci. He enlisted his wife, Teresa Cafarelli de Francisci, to serve as the model for the head of Miss Liberty, who is seen on the obverse of the Peace dollar with wind-blown hair and a crown, a depiction that very much resembles the head on the Statue of Liberty.
The first Peace dollars were struck with a high-relief design, though the excessive pressure required to bring up the details on the high-relief Peace dollar ended up damaging the coin’s dies very quickly. This problem would be resolved in 1922 with a lower-relief version of the Peace dollar, which would be struck until the end of the coin series in 1935.
In all, only 1,006,473 Peace dollars were struck in 1921, some of which were struck in a matte proof version. 1921 Peace dollars are quite popular with coin collectors as a first-year type coin, and thus are in high demand in all grades. Values range from around $125 for VF-20 1921 Peace dollar up to $300 for one grading MS-60. In the upper circulated grades, values can reach into the thousands. Proof 1921 Peace dollars command a hefty $50,000-plus.