Silver Dollar
This particular Silver dollar was given to Tony Richards when he was a small boy in 1945. It was a gift from an American Military Policeman called Joe and Tony has treasured it ever since. The "Peace" Silver Dollar is a beloved symbol of U.S. coin history. It is the last dollar coin minted for general circulation with a silver content of 90%. Future silver dollars would be minted with a considerably lower silver content. Many collectors thus treasure the Peace Dollar as the last "true" American silver dollar. The Peace Dollar was created to commemorate the end of World War 1. This coin was minted from 1921 to 1928 and again in 1934 and 1935 at three United States Mint facilities located in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. Designed by Anthony De Francisci, the Peace Dollar depicts a profile of Miss Liberty with a crown of rays on the obverse, while the reverse of the coin has the image of a majestic American Eagle perched on a rock and clutching the laurel wreath of Peace in its talons. It is of interest to note that the Peace Dollar was not well-received by the public when it was first introduced. Most of the criticism pertained to the fact that, in the coin's design, Miss Liberty's mouth is slightly open. In 1935, the U.S. government ceased all production of Peace Dollars. In 1964, Congress authorized 45 million more Peace Dollars and 300,000 were apparently minted but all were destroyed and very few survive today.
- Filename
- artefacts/tony_richards_silverdollar.jpg
- (click on filename to access original)
- Tags
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- local memories
- American Soldiers
- Artifacts from the 1940s
- Source
- Tony Richards
- Date discovered
- 14th February 2006
- Classification
- General history
- Subject
- Silver Dollar
- Type
- Photo
