nealhaney36's Space http://nealhaney36.posterous.com Most recent posts at nealhaney36's Space posterous.com Sat, 12 May 2012 02:39:00 -0700 A silver Peace dollar Coinage http://nealhaney36.posterous.com/a-silver-peace-dollar-coinage http://nealhaney36.posterous.com/a-silver-peace-dollar-coinage The timetable was limited for the pattern contest instead of taking a chance to find a professional to posse Anthony de Francisci used his wife, Teressa, as the model for Liberty’s face.
The Peace dollars are all 38.1mm in diameter, with a mass of 26.73 grams, composed of ninety percent silver and 10% copper, consequently possessing .7734oz of silver, its edge will be reeded.
Its obverse shows Liberty wearing the crown of rays, just like the US' Statue of Liberty’s. Liberty's lengthy hair is " up ", except some windblown locks around her face. Its date encircles under her plus “LIBERTY” encircles above. “IN.GOD.WE” appears on the lower section with her throat splitting “TRVST”. This substitution of the “V” as the “U” in trust was a homage towards its first pattern that utilized Roman numbers representing its mintage. The designer’s initials is below her throat wherever her shoulder would be.

The tails has an American bald eagle perched upon a stone holding an olive branch. The rock displays “PEACE” upon it. There's sun rays coming from its lower portion, representing dawn. “ONE” runs across the bottom 3rd of this coinage separated with the bald eagle and then “DOLLAR”. Encompassing the very top side will be “UNITED.STATES.OF.AMERICA” then underneath there's “E.PLURIBUS.UNIM”. A mark of the mint (“D” as in Denver, “S” for San Francisco, and nothing if its from Philly), will be below the “ONE” yet higher than the eagle wing feathers.
When the USA's Congress approved its Pittman Act upon the 23rd of April '18, they committed to sell the UK up to 350 million silver us dollars via its Mint's stockpile of Morgan dollars. The Mint was then dedicated to substituted the 270 million plus Morgan silver dollars which had been melted down then sold. This had been forty-seven percent of all the silver Morgan dollars that had been struck. Members of the ANA started pushing to get a dollar silver coin to commemorate America's wining of the World War I.

The Silver Peace Dollar concept required a while to come into being for on May 9th, 1921 the Mint went about making the silver Morgan dollar again. At last upon the 19th of Nov. '21 a competition to get a Silver Peace Dollar started having all entries expected upon 12/11/1921 the following day Francisci’s creation had been selected. During the rush getting their master dies engraved at its Philly facilities modifications were made via Morgan on the master die drums. These portraits were somewhat high ,they had been adjusted during '22 however Philly had struck 35,401 Peace Dollars almost all of the higher portrait strikes were kept then smelted. The Silver Peace Dollar is the only United States’ coin possessing “peace” on it.
The Pittman Act dollar silver coin replacements had been satisfied during '28 therefore no Peace silver Dollars had been made during 1929 up to 1934. The nation's lawmakers approved legislation in response to record low silver prices. The Mint became committed to purchasing silver from United States mines then mint coins with it, therefore turning a profit. The Silver Peace Dollar ended up being struck during 1934 and 1935. These marked the end regarding silver dollar business strikes for these United States Of America.

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