1921-P Peace Dollar
Semi-keyThe first Peace dollar, struck in the last week of December 1921 to Anthony de Francisci's original high-relief design. The relief was too deep for a single press blow, so the dies failed quickly and the coins struck up poorly at the centres. The Mint lowered the relief for 1922, which makes the 1921 a one-year type within its own series rather than merely its first date.
Mintage
- Business strikes
- 1,006,473
- Mint
- Philadelphia (no mintmark)
- Mintage rank
- 6 of 25
Rank 1 is the lowest business-strike mintage in the series. Mintage is what the Mint produced, not what survives: the Pittman Act recoinage that created this series melted silver dollars in the hundreds of millions without recording dates, and later melts and hoards moved the numbers again.
Reading the figure
Among the 10 Philadelphia issues in the series it is the 4th smallest. It is the only issue of the series struck in 1921. 1921 was the smallest production year of the entire series. In 1921 the coin was struck at Philadelphia; Denver and San Francisco struck none.
Every sentence above is computed from the mintage table on this page, not asserted separately.
Scarcity tier
Semi-key
Assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 is a key date, under 2,500,000 is a semi-key.
This is a reproducible label derived from the mintage column, not a market valuation and not a Coin Curator price opinion. The same thresholds apply to every series on this site. Several dates are far harder or far easier to obtain than their mintage implies; where that is true, it is stated above.
Recent sold prices
Last checked Sep 16, 2026 · most recent sale Sep 15, 2026What certified 1921-P Peace dollars actually sold for on eBay in the last 90 days, grouped by grade band. Every figure below is a completed sale of a PCGS, NGC or ANACS coin in a straight grade. This is a record of what changed hands, not a price guide, an appraisal, or a prediction of what yours is worth.
Good to Fine
PO1 to F15$188
Median of 4 sales
- Lowest
- $159
- Highest
- $226
The 4 most recent sales
- $175PCGS G6 · Sep 14, 2026Experienced 1921 Peace Silver High Relief Dollar $ PCGS G06
- $159NGC F15 · Sep 13, 20261921 $1 NGC F 15 Peace Silver Dollar Better KEY Date High Relief Type NGC F15
- $226PCGS F15 · Sep 12, 20261921 Peace Dollar PCGS F-15 Peace
- $200PCGS FR2 · Sep 9, 20261921 Peace Silver Dollar High Relief FR02 PCGS Lowball
Seller titles, verbatim. An ended eBay listing stays readable for about 90 days, so older links will expire.
Very Fine to XF
VF20 to XF45$250
Median of 6 sales
- Lowest
- $210
- Highest
- $325
The 4 most recent sales
- $245PCGS XF40 · Sep 15, 20261921 $1 Peace Dollar PCGS XF40, High Relief, First Year of Issue, One Year Type!
- $325ANACS VF30 · Sep 14, 20261921 $1 Peace Dollar ANACS Soapbox VF 30
- $300PCGS XF45 · Sep 11, 20261921 Peace dollar, PCGS XF45
- $275PCGS XF40 · Sep 9, 20261921 Peace Dollar $1 - PCGS XF40 High Relief
Seller titles, verbatim. An ended eBay listing stays readable for about 90 days, so older links will expire.
About Uncirculated
AU50 to AU58$345
Median of 6 sales
- Lowest
- $261
- Highest
- $394
The 4 most recent sales
- $345PCGS AU55 · Sep 15, 20261921 $1 Peace Silver Dollar AU55 High Relief PCGS 59496262
- $345PCGS AU55 · Sep 13, 20261921 Key date Peace dollar, PCGS AU55, light original patina DavidKahnRareCoins
- $350PCGS AU55 · Sep 12, 20261921 Peace Silver Dollar High Relief AU55 PCGS *9896
- $325NGC AU53 · Sep 10, 20261921 High Relief $1 Silver Peace Dollar NGC AU53 About Uncirculated Key Date #35
Seller titles, verbatim. An ended eBay listing stays readable for about 90 days, so older links will expire.
Mint State
MS60 and above$750
Median of 16 sales
- Lowest
- $545
- Highest
- $3,600
The 4 most recent sales
- $735PCGS MS62 · Sep 15, 20261921 Peace Dollar High Relief PCGS MS62 Nice Eye Appeal Nice Strike
- $875PCGS MS63 · Sep 15, 20261921 Peace Silver Dollar High Relief MS63 PCGS Beautiful Tone a5196
- $1,485PCGS MS64 · Sep 13, 20261921 PEACE DOLLAR ~ PCGS MS64 ~ HIGH RELIEF GOLD SHIELD LABEL
- $1,034PCGS MS63 · Sep 13, 20261921 Key date Peace dollar, PCGS MS63, nearly full strike PQ DavidKahnRareCoins
Seller titles, verbatim. An ended eBay listing stays readable for about 90 days, so older links will expire.
How to read these
- The median is the middle sale after removing outliers. The range is every sale kept, including the outliers, so you can see how wide the market actually is.
- Grade drives most of the difference. A band with three sales tells you far less than a band with thirty, and the count is shown so you can weigh it.
- Sales of coins in “Details”, “Genuine” or cleaned holders are excluded, as are proofs, replicas, lots, and mounted coins. Those sell at prices that would not describe the coin on this page.
- So is any sale priced below what this same date fetches in a lower grade, which is impossible for a real coin and is how a counterfeit in a convincing holder gives itself away.
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Documented varieties
High Relief (all 1921 dollars)
Every 1921 Peace dollar is a high-relief strike. It is a characteristic of the date rather than a variety to hunt, but it is why the hair detail above Liberty's ear is the standard wear check for the issue.
Widely recognised varieties only. The VAM reference catalogs thousands of die marriages across these series; the absence of a variety here does not mean none is documented elsewhere.
Weak strike is not wear. Peace dollars are notoriously softly struck, particularly the San Francisco issues of the 1920s. Read the full note on the series page.
What to check before buying
Specific to the 1921-P:
- 1Weakness at the centre of the hair and on the eagle's feathers is normal for this date and is a striking characteristic, not necessarily wear. Judge wear on the high points of the cheek and the eagle's shoulder instead.
And for any certified coin
Verify the certification number on the grading service’s own lookup rather than from a photograph of the label, match the listing images to the certification record including grade and any variety attribution, look for cleaning, compare the mintmark against published photographs of the genuine issue, and read the return policy before buying. The grading guide covers each of these in full.
Coin Curator does not grade, authenticate, or appraise coins, and holds no licensed price guide or population data. Where this page shows recent sold prices, they are records of completed eBay sales, not a valuation of any particular coin. These are verification steps, not an appraisal.
Verify a certification number
Look a 1921-P certification number up on the service’s own site. A photograph of a label proves nothing.
Each service publishes its own guarantee with conditions and exclusions. Compare PCGS, NGC and ANACS.
Find a 1921-P for sale
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Common questions
How many 1921-P Peace dollars were minted?
The Philadelphia Mint struck 1,006,473 1921-P Peace dollars for circulation. That is the 6th lowest business-strike mintage of the 25 date and mintmark combinations in the series.
Is the 1921-P Peace dollar a key date?
Coin Curator labels it a semi-key, assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 struck is a key date and under 2,500,000 is a semi-key. The same thresholds are used for every series on this site, so the tiers are comparable between them. That label describes production, not market value or how hard the coin is to find today. The first Peace dollar, struck in the last week of December 1921 to Anthony de Francisci's original high-relief design. The relief was too deep for a single press blow, so the dies failed quickly and the coins struck up poorly at the centres. The Mint lowered the relief for 1922, which makes the 1921 a one-year type within its own series rather than merely its first date.
What varieties exist for the 1921-P Peace dollar?
Widely recognised varieties for this issue include High Relief (all 1921 dollars). Every 1921 Peace dollar is a high-relief strike. It is a characteristic of the date rather than a variety to hunt, but it is why the hair detail above Liberty's ear is the standard wear check for the issue. Variety attributions should appear on the certification label rather than only in a seller's description.
What should I check before buying a 1921-P Peace dollar?
Verify the certification number on the grading service's own lookup page, match the listing photographs to the certification record, check for cleaning, and compare the mintmark shape and position against published photographs of the genuine issue. Weakness at the centre of the hair and on the eagle's feathers is normal for this date and is a striking characteristic, not necessarily wear. Judge wear on the high points of the cheek and the eagle's shoulder instead.
Related dates
Guides for this coin
All guides →Peace Dollar Collecting Guide
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1 min readBuying GuideHow to Spot a Counterfeit or Doctored Coin
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1 min readMintage sources
Mintage figures are U.S. Mint production records, cross-checked against the published tables below on 2026-07-31. Where those tables disagree, the disagreement is disclosed on the affected page rather than resolved silently.
- Wikipedia, "Peace dollar" mintage figures table — Per-mint breakdown cited to Breen, Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins.
- CoinMintages.com, Peace dollar mintages — Lists the 1921 and 1922 high-relief strikings separately from the regular issues.
- GovMint, silver Peace dollar mintage chart — Published as sourced from U.S. Mint records.
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