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 | Designed by Anthony de Francisci, the Peace Dollar was so named because the word PEACE appears on the bottom of the coin's reverse. It contains 0.77344 troy ounces of silver, and was the successor to the Morgan Dollar, which had not been regularly... |
 | At the American Numismatic Association Chicago convention in 1920, collector Farran Zerbe proposed that a new coin, preferably a half dollar or a silver dollar, be minted to exemplify America’s commitment to peace and liberty. |
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 | When the Treasury Department ordered a halt to the paying out of silver dollars in March of 1964, it looked like the final chapter had been written for these historic coins. Surprisingly, Congress voted that same year to coin 45 million additional... |
 | The obverse design features an ever hopeful Liberty striding confidently toward the sunrise, draped in the strength of the Stars and Stripes carrying in her arms branches of laurel and oak to symbolize both civil and military glory. The reverse... |
 | The Morgan Dollar is a silver United States dollar coin. The dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 and again for one more year in 1921. The Morgan Dollar is named after its designer, George T. Morgan, who designed the obverse and reverse of the coin.... |
 | The Morgan dollar was first minted in 1878 and much of the discussion about the Morgan Dollar centered on who the beautiful portrait on the coin was. The public demand caused a reporter to disclose this beautiful woman in 1879, Anna Willess Williams,... |
 | From the 1894 morgan dollar with the mintmark O from New Orleans there are still many coins in circulation and for this reason it's an easy collectable silver coin. |
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