I just recently completed the Peace Dollars. It's taken me almost 30 years. It's my most favorite large dollar.

It's a fun series, my favorites being 1921, 1924-S, 1934-S and 1935-S. Most collectors and albums don't seem to notice or care that 1935-S has two different reverses, one with 3 rays below ONE and one with 4 rays below ONE. 1924-S for whatever reason tends to come very pitted, like an orange peel texture, giving it a unique appearance.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

LoL those are everybody’s favorites…$$$

@erikwarfield5411

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing all of this out. I'll look for the rays from now on. I didn't bid on a coin that was on ebay that had the texture you are describing because I thought it was damaged! 😂

@Kcconnor

6 ай бұрын

Some people may look at the coin and assume that the coin is a fake. They think this because back in the, I’m not sure but I think that sometime in the 1950s , some folks were casting the dies in sand, which gave them the “ orange peel “ effect. I have found that on a number of different types of coins, thinking that the dies were rusted only to find out that coins that looked like that were actually counterfeit.

The best looking U.S.silver coin ever minted IMO.

I think Peace Dollars are the most beautiful and elegant design for a dollar coin that the mint has ever released. I'm particularly excited for the reverse proof issue coming out later this year!

My first Peace Dollar was given to me by my grandmother back in the 1980s. A circulated 23-S. Love the series.

@johnilardi9011

Жыл бұрын

When we were kids my great aunt gave me a 22peace dollar, and at a Yard sale in the neighborhood my brother and I got two rolls of Franklin for doing some yard work, hooked at a young age

@johnilardi

4 ай бұрын

My great aunt did as you

I have a full set of the peace dollars...I've always appreciated how less daunting they are to collect versus the Morgans.

I just took a look at the retail prices on the PCGS website and the 1925-S doesn't jump from about $500 in MS64 to about $16,000 in MS65, but from $1,000 (twice as much) in MS64 to *$40,000* in MS65! 😮 Three and a half times as much! As Butthead said, "Whoa...".

One of my favorite series.

I bought a 34-S P$ in and old ANACS "motel soap bar" holder (AU58) for $850. Sent it to PCGS for crossover and they agreed w/ANACS. I doubled my money!

This is a fun series to collect in MS grades. I’m down to needing only three (24-S, 27-D and 27-S). It was easy to start, and got the 21, 28 and 34-S out of the way fairly early on. I’m looking forward to adding those last three in MS63 or better in the next year or so, if I can find some appealing examples.

I learn so much every time I watch your channel. THANK YOU!

I have injoyed your videos. A nice look at Peace $

I was lucky enough to find a 1922 peace dollar high relief last year. Love the peace dollars!

I also like how the 26-S (like yours) is the only S mint in the series that generally comes well struck. They did something right that year.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

The 1926 coins tend to be the best looking out of the series.

I like the peace dollar better than the Morgans, so thanks for sharing them all!

A really fun set that I’m working on

Thank you, Ben, for the share! What a beautiful set of Peace dollars. ❤ I can't wait to see the proof versions of these from the US mint.

LOVE peace dollars

Appreciate the attention to the set. Love these ones.

Was it because of not being able to stack? The reason I've always read for switching to a low relief was that the high relief dies almost always failed to fully strike the coin and were prone to breaking due to the pressure needed. As a result, the 1921 Peace has over two dozen die pairings (VAMs) despite only 1 million minted coins.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

From what I understand, there were a few factors. At the time, the steel used to make the dies was not strong enough to endure the pressure needed to fully strike the High Relief 1921 peace dollars, leaving most of the coins understruck. If they increased the die pressure, they broke dies, plus the dies wore out much much faster. There was also the stacking problem. They struck those 1 million 1921 peace dollars the last 4 days of December, 1921. They tried again to strike the 1922 in high relief too, but they just couldn’t tame the problems, so Anthony de Francisci was called upon to create a low relief version, which was used for the 1922-1935 peace dollars. So, yes it was the combination of things you listed. 😀

Hey Mr. Ben….Robbie D here. I sent that coin from my collection in to you to sell for the little girl. I hope it helps. I had to cut grass all summer just to afford the one coin but I am happy it will help someone. Take care Mr Ben

1935 is my favorite date in Peace dollars. AU58 grade is still a nice looking coin and doesn't hurt the bank account as much.

Funny thing about the 1921&1922 is that the high relief didn’t go well with stacking. The bankers complained and with only the banks raising a stir the mint changed the die to a less relief, the banks were happy and the mint started regular minting. I don’t know if you noticed but the banks had a lot of power then and they could dictate what the government should and shouldn’t do. At any rate they still minted some 1922s with the high relief and if you thought that 1921s were expensive the 1922 high relief would floor you. There is also the myth about grading. People believe that if the center of the coin was worn down that the coin would never grade over an XF . So they would sell it at the lower grade price. Some people knew about the grading of the 1921 and bought them up for their ridiculous low price and then sent them to be graded. These coins were coming back with a MS63 to a MS 66 and above. The reason for the center of the coin being that the minting didn’t strike hard enough so the center looks like there is significant wear on the obv and the rev. So if you come across a 1921 , buy it at the reduced price. The really great thing about silver coins is that in high mint grade are not dependent on the silver price (at least not that ) . Rather they are priced on availability and the coin collectors market.

Wow, this was a really nice video. Its such a great idea to do a series video on a particular coin set. Creating a reference video for collectors is so informative and valuable. I originally found you from searching for info about gold indians you did a while back.

I have two 1921’s, but I don’t actually collect Peace dollars. Regardless, this was a very interesting show. Thank you.

The market for peace dollars has gone INSANE. I watched someone pay $1600 for a RAW 1928-P…blew me away.

The 27-D in higher grades have been the hardest to find.

@williamtaylor6623

Жыл бұрын

I've got a MS 64....it cost a pretty penny. Lol

Thanks. I'm in the process of building a mint state set in 62 or 63.

Love the peace dollar.

Excellent video, Ben. Thanks.

Love'm/Thanks-Ben!

Love this set. Have a complete set. Have been upgrading them here lately. My favorite series.

The 1926 coins tend to be really nice.

Thanks Ben, an interesting video. I only acquired 9 Peace dollars, all common date and 3 2021's, which came flawless. I was always more into Morgans.

Enjoyed the show Ben 👍

This is a great set to chase. I completed mine a few years ago all 6 4 or better! been picking up the VAMs and varieties these days what a great challenge

My 2023 proofs have arrived, time to ship them out for grading.

Great video! I'm a couple coins shy of finishing my set which is based almost solely on strike. Grades range from AU-58 to MS-64, but all have a lot of detail in the hair and feathers. Still hunting for a couple San Francisco coins due to the poor strikes.

The 24-S can be a real pain to pick up in really nice condition. They have gotten wayyyyyy pricey.

The 1921 Peace Dollar was actually struck in the last week of December of 1921

Love that 34s!

Good vid Ben 👍👍

It’s so hard to get well-stuck peace dollars for many dates in this series. Many look so soft and mushy due to the strike.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

I think the San Francisco minted coins are mostly understruck. I have seen a lot of them that, even though they are low relief, have a flat spot over the ear

You've seen one Peace Dollar you've pretty much seen them all. You can get brand new and shinier Peace Dollars from the US Mint for around $80, just put your order in. Just say NO to old funky Peace Dollars for $500.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

Price some of those old funky mint state peace dollars…they can actually be a VERY good investment.

Ben is the best!

quite enjoyable! also, given there are only 24 in the series, certainly obtainable. no need for MS63 initially, but AU's or less are a good starting point, then improving...

@gabeh7923

5 ай бұрын

This is what I am doing. It is fun to sort through a dealer's stash of peace dollars to search for nicely circulated examples.

Nice set, I have the same with 8 of mine in 64 the rest in 63 with the 34-S in 58 .

Do you know what are the dots on the peace dollar? They usually comes with three dots or more. I tink Its probably the wheel of the mint during production.

I only have two Peace dollars in my collection. 1927p Vam2 ms 63 , 1935p ms 63 cac

Those 1926 coins were buff!

your face when you take a time machine back to 1921 to grab a few rolls of peace dollars and there not out that year >:0

great video im working on a set in raw form

I love stacking these and Morgan’s. I capsule all of them. It sucks to see slicked out ones.

These had such potential. Too bad they were never made well. The 1921 high relief was the best since the design is well impressed. When they lowered the relief they just never got it right. All of the coins have weak lettering and no sharpness to anything. Just mushy strikes with rounded off details.

Thanks for the Peace dollar tour! You're right about the design flatness. I want very much to like the Peace dollar, but my efforts are always rebuffed. Is it Liberty's gasp for a breath or wind blown hair, the stiff eagle in profile or the flat inscriptions? I'm not sure. The 2021 issue is a big improvement.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

Stiff eagle?? I actually LOVE the Eagle on the reverse. I think it is one of the best eagles on a US coin. I also don’t see Liberty gasping for air. What I see when I look at the obverse of a peace dollar is my Mom at age 25-30. It’s a HUGE reason why I love Peace dollars so much. Liberty looks so much like my Mom at that age it’s uncanny.

I thought it was a die-life and striking issue, not a stacking issue, that caused the Mint to lower the relief. I learned something new.

@williamhopper7873

Жыл бұрын

It was both

In 1913, what could one buy with a nickel? Maybe a loaf of bread or glass of beer?

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

If you’re thinking of the 1913 Liberty “V nickel”, there are only 5 that ever existed and they are proofs that were struck on the sly by a mint employee, then sneaked out of the mint. Today they are multi million dollar coins.

Love my Peace Dollars. Have a 1928 that I think is a ms ?

High relief coin is attractive

Me número uno like.

I always thought the P mints were the best coins and I focused on the whole series. However, I have sought out some S mints that are nice, like the 35 S, the 27S, and maybe the 28S. You didn't mention the extra emphasis on GOD that was (intentional?) for the 1926 (you could even see it on your examples). And the 1924 P's often have extremely frosty surfaces... (yours really didn't, but fun to look for those). You also didn't mention (or I missed it) that 35 S can have 3 or 4 rays under ONE. I am not a fan of MS63's - I try to have 64 or higher. MS65 is big jump from 64 but the goal is always to get a 65 if possible, or a really good 64 or 64+ or CAC sticker. The 34S is out - just too rare to purchase reasonably in good grades but there was one on Ebay for under 10K so they are out there for the big spenders. I have some circulated 34S but they are NOT rare and don't get tricked into spending a lot for those. They are just culls, worth ~ 35 dollars. Only the high grade S mint coins are rare, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of circulated S mint peace dollars . Again, my collection and focus all along was a P mint with a few S mints in 64 or higher. The P mint was the "mother ship" at the time and I think made the nicest peace dollars overall. In fact the 1921 continues to be my favorite. The 1923 is a nice coin in high grades and fairly affordable in a 66 which is cool to have one like that in the collection. It baffles me how nice the 66 can be... near flawless to the unaided eye. Great video, thanks much!

@gcbranger1189

11 ай бұрын

have a few slabbed 1921's.

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

I agree that the Philly coins tend to be the best struck, but I have never seen a “Frosty” peace dollar…well I take that back, the 2023-S Proof peace dollar is frosty, but it is the only one I’ve ever seen.

Excellent Info! Just curious, are you a full-time coin dealer or is it more of a side hustle?

Great overview! Why do you think there are so very view DMPL Peace Dollars (when compared to Morgans)? At least that is my observation.

@TheCoinGeek

5 ай бұрын

I don’t know the answer to that- so now I need to find out

@brucetelfeyan

5 ай бұрын

@@TheCoinGeek Thanks! Of course I meant "so very few." At a local coin show, a dealer told me he thought it was because the mints used a great deal more pressure to strike Morgan Dollars than was the case in the era of Peace Dollars. Maybe that is true as in modern era coins, I don't encounter any DMPL coins for circulation.

Fran-chee-see

24 coins…not including VAMs

@TheCoinGeek

7 ай бұрын

Or proofs

Forget the 2021 one. dont like them

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

Why?

The designer or artist get's no credit, cannot even pronounce his name. It is one of the most beautiful of all US coins but nobody knows his name..

Hi, Ben. I got my 1921 MS64 Peace Dollar in December 2019. I paid $895, then. I am surprised at the value today. The new Peace Dollars may keep the value of the original high-relief coin up. It is the only graded Peace Dollar in my Type Collection. I want a nice MS66 or 67 later-date coin just to have a high grade example. I would be okay with any date and/or mintmark. I just don't want to spend high-grade money. I love the Peace Dollar designs. Both obverse and reverse. Thanks for the lesson. BTW, the Mint does not consider the 2021 coin a commemorative. I like the new .999 Peace Dollars. I will be collecting the series going forward. I would love to see a 24K Gold Matte Peace Dollar to go with my Centennial set. I keep my 2008 1/4 oz matte Buffalo with that set. A Peace Dollar would complete that set. *TYU*

@johnbosch3809

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

I’ll bet if the mint decided to make a gold peace dollar, it would cost at least $3500 from the mint…geeeeezzz LoL

I am starting to believe NGC have people's preferences when it comes to grading, There is no way your coins are ms 63 when my same coins with almost gem quality only received au 53, My coins are superv and not clean coins, I submitted gems coins to NGC a cuple of years ago , I have seen coins getting this high grades , But they downgrade it all my rare and MS coins to au Or just one grade below of my coin obtaining a very high value, I mean they did me wrong on more than 8 coins , And the funny part is I have proff they downgrade it all my coins submitted to not gain a higher value, I ask them that I have proff to show them how complete off they were in my grading. A Including this video but they are reluctant to accept proofs Of how wrong they did on my case, so I have to pay everything again to re grade and is not guaranteed......My coins are superv comparing to his on this video and are not repeat are not clean coins, No scratches good detailing good toning, I strongly believe this agencies have preferences when it comes to coustumer, They are not fair and honest when it comes to preference and controlling value on some pieces......I really hope I am wrong. But I really have more than proff especially after people are posting they grade it coins..

2021s and beyond Peace Dollars have to be included in the set like it or not because they're not medals, and although they are commemoratives they are LEGAL TENDER, thus can't do without them like it or not for the purist 🤓🪙, same goes for the Morgan series, reason why the 2021 D Morgan in MS70 appreciated a lot💥🤷👀

@_CYB0RG_

7 ай бұрын

They are NOT commemoratives and neither are the Morgans. Both series have been picked up as the continuation of the vintage series. The law that was passed to produce them again makes clear they are not commemoratives. That is such fantastic out of the box thinking from the mint, to restart the series. Oh and all US coins are legal tender, that’s why they all have a denomination on them. Technically, you could spend a silver eagle, but its value as legal tender is only one dollar even though it contains $25 worth of silver. In fact, that’s why after 1964 they stopped minting 90% silver coinage. The value of the silver had become more than the face value on the coin. After 1964, the Kennedy half dollar was the only circulating coin that contained silver, but the silver in the coin had been reduced to 40% silver. Kennedy half dollars contained 40% silver from 1965-1970. In 1971, the Kennedy lost its silver and became a copper-nickel clad coin just like the quarter and dime had, starting in 1965.

@ultrahighreliefcoinrollhun9623

7 ай бұрын

@@_CYB0RG_ No problem agreeing with you. Now, for the 2021s the reason for their issue is/ was to commemorate the 100th years of the first and last Peace and Morgan dollar issued🤷. With that being said, I don't have any problem not calling them commemorative, are the old fashion dealers/ collectors that call them comm because they don't want competition with their bread and butter business of old peace and Morgan dollars and insist on calling them commemorative to try to take attention from these new series imo 👍