When I was about 7, I began to notice the different kinds of dimes, nickels, and cents I got back as change. Burdette, who wrote “ A Guide Book of Peace Dollars,” also offers insights into the work of such coin designers as Anthony de Francisci and introduces some of the intricacies of the minting process. Be on the lookout for these highly valuable high-relief peace dollars.In this interview, author Roger Burdette discusses the rich history of Peace dollars and explains how these overlooked and affordable coins have much to tell us about the years following World War I.

However, a few of them slipped out into general circulation. The rest of them were supposedly destroyed.

A few of these coins were sent to mint headquarters in Washington DC. However, because the coins were difficult to make with their high relief, production quickly halted. Therefore, the 1921 Peace silver dollar is a one-year design type coin.Īlso, proximately 35,000 high relief 1922 peace dollars were also minted. In 1922, de Francisci lowered the relief to correct the problems with striking the coins properly.

Between the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mint, a total of over 68 million Morgan silver dollars were struck in 1921 while only slightly more than one million Peace silver dollars were made.

The new design caused the highest points of the design on the coin to be weakly struck and lacking in detail. Sculptor Anthony de Francisci created the Peace silver dollar design in high relief. Artists at the United States Mint needed additional time to finish the design of the new Peace silver dollar. Treasury Department authorized the striking of millions of silver dollars in 1921 using the old Morgan Dollar design. To comply with the Pittman Act of 1918, the U.S.

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