Q. David Bowers
B. Max Mehl's sale of the E.E. Wright Collection, March 10, 1925, contained several Peace dollars. At this time the series was young, and it is surprising that these coins brought the prices they did.
1921 Peace dollar. Unc. $1.60.
1922 Peace. Unc. $1.50.
1921 Peace. Unc, (Total: 5 pieces) $1.15 each.
In May 1927 in The Numismatist, H.A. Brand, Cincinnati dealer (no kin to Virgil Brand), offered 1921 Peace dollars for sale in Uncirculated grade for $1.50 each.
B. Max Mehl's sale of the Alex J. Rosborough Collection, April 9, 1929, included these Peace dollars.
1921 Peace. First year of this variety. Unc. $2.00.
1922-S Peace. First year of this type at the San Francisco Mint. AU. $1.20.
1922-S, misstruck on flattened planchet, with plain edge. Quite a curio. $2.10.
In the April 1930 issue of The Numismatist, A.C. Roessler of East Orange, New Jersey, advertised the following silver dollars for sale. This list is useful in that it indicates which varieties were generally available through banks at the time (of course, there could have been other varieties available which Roessler did not stock).
1921 Peace. Unc. $1.50.
1922-D Unc. $1.50.
1922-S Unc. $1.50.
1923-S Unc. $1.50.
1924-S Unc. $1.50.
1925-S Unc. $1.50.
1926-D Unc. $1.50.
1926-S Unc, $1.50.
1927-D Unc. $1.50.
1927-S Unc. $1.50.
1928-S Unc, $1.50.
In the September 1930 issue of The Numismatist, John Zug, of Bowie, Maryland, offered these Peace dollars. Zug had one of the largest inventories of any dealers of the era, but here he listed just three coins.
1921 Unc. $1.50.
1922-S Unc. $1.50.
1928 Unc. $2.00.
B. Max Mehl's sale of the F.R. Knoop Collection, December 8, 1931, contained two 1921 Peace dollars. At the time the 1921 was the most sought after issue. As years went on, 1921 dollars remained fairly elusive. This was the one date of Peace dollars never available in quantity.
1921 Peace. Unc. (Total: 2 pieces) $1.15 each.
A notice in The Numismatist, August 1932, advised readers that the Treasury Department, Washington, D.G, offered numerous back-dated coins for sale for face value "plus an amount sufficient to cover the postage thereon by first class mail and the registration fee, if it is desired that the shipment be registered." Included were the following silver dollars, most of which were of the Peace type. The list is not complete. Later Treasury lists would eventually include all Peace varieties 1921-1928.
Although there is no way of confirming this today, I believe that this list includes the Peace dollars that had been released in quantity up to and including 1932. However, this may not be correct, for the same list included among gold coins the 1927-D $20, which, as events would later prove, had not been released in quantity as of that time.
1921 Morgan. Unc. $1.00.
1921-D Morgan. Unc. $1.00.
1921-S Morgan. Unc. $1.00.
1921 Peace. Unc. $1.00.
1922-D Unc, $1.00.
1922-S Unc. $1.00.
1923-S Unc. $1.00.
1924 Unc, $1.00.
1924-S Unc. $1.00.
1925 Unc. $1.00.
1925-S Unc, $1.00.
1926 Unc. $1.00.
1926-S Unc, $1.00.
1927 Unc. $1.00.
1927-S Unc. $1.00.
1928 Unc. $1.00.
1928-S Unc. $1.00.
The Numismatist, June 1934, noted that the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., would supply the following silver dollars at face value, plus sufficient postage and money for registration (if it was desired the coins be sent by registered mail). The coins offered by the Treasury changed from time to time. Such offerings for face value made it hard for dealers to compete!
1921 Morgan. Unc, $1.00.
1921-D Morgan. Unc, $1.00.
1921-S Morgan. Unc, $1.00.
1921 Peace. Unc. $1.00.
1922-D Unc. $1.00.
1922-S Unc. $1.00.
1923-S Unc. $1.00.
1924 Unc. $1.00.
1924-S Unc. $1.00.
1925 Unc. $1.00.
1925-S Unc. $1.00.
1926 Unc, $1.00.
1926-D Unc. $1.00.
1926-S Unc. $1.00.
1927 Unc. $1.00.
1927-D Unc. $1.00.
1927-S Unc, $1.00.
1928-S Unc. $1.00.
In The Numismatist, December 1934, John Zug offered these Peace dollars.
1921 Unc. $1.50.
1922 Unc. $1.50.
1922-D Unc, $1.50.
1922-S Unc. $l.50.
1923 Unc. $2.00.
1923-S Unc, $l.50.
1924 Unc, $2.00.
1924-S Unc. $2.00.
1925 Unc. $2.00.
1926 Unc. $1.50.
1926-D Unc. $2.00.
1926-S Unc. $2.00.
1927 Unc. $1.50
1927-D Unc. $2.00.
1927-S Unc. $2.00.
1928 Unc. $2.00.
1934 Unc. $2.00.
In The Numismatist, February 1935, F.C.C. Boyd offered these Peace dollars.
1921 Unc. $2.00.
1922 Unc. $2.00.
1923 Unc. $2.25.
1924 Unc. $2.50.
1925 Unc. $2.50.
1926 Unc, $2.25.
1927 Unc, $2.25.
1928 Unc. $2.50.
1934 Unc. $1.35.
B. Max Mehl's sale of the Mose Marcuson Collection, October 20, 1935, offered Peace dollars that sold for just slightly over face value. The Mehl fortune was not based upon transactions such as these!
1921, '22, '23 Peace dollars. Unc. (Total: 3 pieces). $1.20 each.
1921 New type, Peace dollar.
1922. Unc. (Total: 2 pieces) $1.25 each.
1921 As last (5).
1922 (4). Unc. (Total: 9 pieces) $1.15 each.
1923 As last. Unc. $1.15.