Table of Contents
Foreword Steve Roach v
Preface vii
Chapter 1 Background 1
The Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act of 1878 2
The Pittman Silver Purchase Act of 1918 2
The War to End All Wars 4
Chapter 2 Origin of the Peace Dollar 14
The ANA Breaks the Ice 14
Commission of Fine Arts 20
The Design Competition 22
De Francisci's Designs 24
Bronze Casts 32
Chapter 3 Producing Peace Dollars 33
Morgan Saves the Peace Dollar 37
1921 Production-High Relief 39
1922 Production-High Relief 45
1922 Production-Medium Relief 51
1922 Production-Low Relief 53
Production Continues 57
Peace Dollars, 1934-1935 60
Hubs, Dies, and Coins 64
Effect on the Peace Dollar 69
Chapter 4 The Lost 1964-D Peace Dollars 72
Additional Dollars Needed 72
A Decision at Last 82
Denver in Action 88
End of the Peace Dollar 97
Known Specimens and Speculation 102
Legitimacy 106
1964 Peace Dollar Appearance 108
Chapter 5 Peace Dollar Designs 110
Description of the Obverse 115
Description of the Adopted Reverse 117
Chapter 6 Collecting and Grading Peace Dollars 119
Ways to Collect Peace Dollars 119
Peace Dollar Values 122
Quality of Strike 125
Grading Peace Dollars 125
Chapter 7 Errors, Hoards, Counterstrikes, and Artist's Samples 129
Errors 129
Silver Dollar Hoards 134
Counterstrikes 138
Anthony de Francisci's Display Samples 141
Overstrikes 143
Chapter 8 Proofs, Patterns, and Trial Pieces 144
Design Varieties, 1921-1922 144
Variety Numbering 151
Order of Production 154
Production Quantities 155
1922 Medium- and High-Relief Trial Pieces 156
Raymond T. Baker Family Coins 159
Proof Coin Diagnostics 161
How Peace Dollar Proofs Were Made 163
Listings of specific Proofs, patterns, and trial strikes 167
Chapter 9 Peace Dollar Varieties by Date and Mint 177
Specifications of the Peace Dollar 177
Listings of specific issues and varieties 178
Appendix: Biographies of Key Participants 260
Notes 266
Bibliography 272
About the Author 275
Acknowledgments 276
Index 282
