This year is the 100 year anniversary of the introduction of the Peace Dollar. In 1921 the US mint produced both the Morgan silver dollar and the Peace silver dollar coin.
To commemorate the centennial the US Mint will be issuing both of these coins this year.
The US Mint has announced that the new commemorative 2021 Morgan and Peace dollars.
There will be 5 distinct variations of the 2021 Morgan Silver Dollar. Each coin is to be minted of .858 troy ounces of .999 fine silver. The coins will all have an uncirculated, or “burnished” finish.
- 2021 Morgan Silver Dollar – Philadelphia Mint with “O” privy mark on the reverse
- 2021 Morgan Silver Dollar – Philadelphia Mint with “CC” privy mark on the reverse
- 2021 Morgan Silver Dollar – San Francisco Mint with “S” mint mark on the reverse
- 2021 Morgan Silver Dollar – Denver Mint with “D” mint mark on the reverse
- 2021 Morgan Silver Dollar – Philadelphia Mint with no mint mark or privy mark on the reverse
The 2021 run will be a limited mintage run of 175,000 of each Morgan Silver Dollar coin type, mint mark or privy mark.
The 2021 Peace Dollar will be produced without any mint mark or privy mark on the reverse. This is usually indicative that the coins will be produced at the Philadelphia mint location.
The 2021 Peace Dollar will have a limited mintage of just 200,000 coins total.
The US Mint has announced that these coins will go on sale via their website beginning June 7, 2021 at noon eastern time.
You can sign up on the US Mint website to receive reminders on the day these are released.
There is a lot of buzz surrounding the release of these commemorative coins.
With a release price of $85 per coin, there is a very good chance that they will sell out within minutes of becoming available, with the true value being driven by the collectors market.