EXTREAMELY RARE IN HIGH GRADE 1921 HIGH RELIEF PEACE DOLLAR
CERTIFIED BY PCGS MINT STATE 65
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"OUTSTANDING COLOR WITH SHADES OF LAVENDER ON GUN METAL BLUE SURFACES"
OBV: LIBERTY HEAD LEFT WITH RADIANT CROWN, HAIR BACK WITH WINDSWEPT SIDES.
REV: EAGLE FACING RIGHT AT REST AND PERCHED ON ROCK CLUTCHING AN OLIVE BRANCH IN RIGHT TALON, THE SUN'S RAYS RISING BEYOND HORIZON; LEGEND "PEACE" BELOW.
AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, NUMISMATISTS BEGAN URGING THE U.S. MINT TO DESIGN A COIN EMBLEMATIC OF PEACE. LEADING NUMISMATIST FARRAN ZERBE (1871-1949), FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY, PROPOSED THE MINTING OF A COIN COMMEMORATING PEACE IN A PAPER READ AT THE ANA CONVENTION IN CHICAGO IN 1920. THE PROPOSAL LED TO THE FORMATION OF A COMMITEE TO CONGRESS, AND ALSO CALLED FOR A POPULAR DESIGN COMPETITION. THIS COIN RESULTED FROM THE DESIGN COMPETITION. THIS COMPLETED THE REDESIGN OF AMERICAN COINAGE BEGUN IN 1907, AND WAS APPROVED BY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ANDREW MELLON (1835-1937) IN 1921.
THE SCULPTOR/DESIGNER OF THE COIN, ITALIAN IMMIGRANT ANTHONY DE FRANCISCI (1887-1964), USED HIS WIFE THERESA'S FEATURES AS A MODEL FOR LIBERTY. THE PEACE DOLLAR WAS MINTED FROM 1921 TO 1928, AND AGAIN IN 1934 AND 1935.
CONTAINS 26.73 GRAMS OF .900 FINE SILVER (.7734 OZ ASW)
38.1 MM IN DIAMETER
