World War I had finally come to an end in 1918. As a celebration of the war's end the US mint was ordered to produce silver dollars once again by the Pittman Act. Initially they started with the Morgan dollars in 1921 until the a new design was chosen. A competition was held to decide the design and a committee unanimously chose the work of Anthony de Francisci, who based the design on his wife Theresa. The Peace dollar was born and went into production in the end of 1921.
After that brief introduction let's get back to the wish list. The wish list challenge is to share twelve items from your Christmas wish list, started by @silverd510 . Now for my twelve days of Christmas silver wish list continues at day 4 with a beauty from 1921, a Peace dollar graded by PCGS to be MS66 high relief. Have a look:
images from eBay.com
About the coin:
Designer: Anthony de Francisci
Model used for the coin: Teresa de Francisci
Denomination: one US dollar
Mint: Philadelphia
Composition: 90% silver/ 10% copper
Weight: 26.73 grams
Total sliver: 0.77344 troy oz
Diameter: 38.1 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Edge: reeded
Mintage: 1,006,473 (all in the high relief)
The coin was designed to be high relief (meaning that the images stand out higher, not flat like most coins today), but the dies used to produce the coins weren't lasting very long because of the raised details. So they were changed to a flatter image the next year's coin so the dies would last longer. This made the 1921 Peace dollar a big collector's item because it was only produced in the high relief form. One interesting fact is that before the flatter dies came out in 1922 they did produce 35,000 high relief coins as well, and they are very expensive if you ever find one!
This coin is one of those high relief coins, and it's a stunner. It's a beautiful coin and for a mere $9,000 it can be yours! Since that's a little outside my price range it goes on the wish list! It's a gorgeous coin. Someday I'll pick up a nice 1921 Peace dollar, just not this year!
For those interested in what de Fracisci's wife Theresa looked like, here's an image from Wikipedia. You really can see her how her picture profile is on the coin!
A very pretty woman!
Peace dollars are a great series to collect because they weren't produced for very long and many were minted in most years. The one hard one to find are the high relief varieties from 1921 and 1922. I know @coinjoe was looking for a 1921 to finish up his collection, any luck coinjoe?
That's my post for the day, I hope you found it interesting. As always I'm always open to suggestions on ways to improve my post, so feel free to opine! If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thanks for all of your kind support everyone!
P.S. @stekene won the guess the coin grade contest from the last post and I sent him off his HSBI unit!
And my disclaimer:
Gold and silver stacking can be a fun hobby but isn't for everyone. You can lose money. I'm not a financial advisor and this isn't financial advice, please always do your own research before spending your hard earned money.
References:
https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/peace-dollar/26/grades-61-70
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5580.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_dollar
Re-blog lottery
Now for the winner of the re-blog lottery! Today we had 29 people re-blog my post, thank you so much! The people who re-blogged were:
@bitandi
@blitzzzz
@bulliontools
@caleb-marvel
@esbat
@ferod23
@flaxz.alive
@florakese
@frank00234
@ganjafarmer
@henruc
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@ladymisa
@matthew1
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@monsterbuster
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@stekene
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Voluntary daily reminder list for those who request to be on it: @ganjafarmer
If you want to be added to the list as well just feel free to ask!
Thank you everyone! I have been working to improve my engagement and all of you have really helped out! If you have any recommendations or suggestions please feel free to let me know. I'm always looking to improve my posts.
Good luck to everyone!
And the Wheel of Names results:
Congratulations @bulliontools !
You will receive 3 HSBI units!
Now for today's re-blog lottery! You just need to re-blog my post you will be placed on the Wheel of Names for a spin to possibly win 3 HSBI units! Just one prize for the lucky winner. An upvote is not required but is always greatly appreciated. Bots aren't allowed to win the prize. Contest ends at 14:00 (2 PM) California Pacific time tomorrow. If I somehow missed your re-blog please let me know and I'll add you to the next draw.
What are HSBI units? They are units that you can purchase to sponsor someone and you in turn receive a unit as well. This way we both benefit! They give you occasional upvotes on your posts for a lifetime, and the more you accumulate the more often you receive upvotes and the bigger they can be. You can read some more here:
https://hive.blog/hive-189312/@steembasicincome/hive-sbi
If you have more questions feel free to ask.
