Dollars – 1921 Peace Dollar – High Relief The Peace Dollar is a
silver United States dollar coin minted from 1921 to 1928, then
again in 1934 and 1935. Early proposals for the coin called for
a commemorative issue to coincide with the end of World War I,
but the Peace Dollar was issued as a circulating coin. The
original inspiration for the Peace Dollar was a paper published
in the November 1918 issue of The Numismatist. In it, editor
Frank G. Duffield called for a commemorative coin to mark the
impending end of World War I. The paper was to be presented at
the summer 1918 convention of the American Numismatic
Association (ANA), but the convention was cancelled due to the
Spanish flu pandemic. Duffield’s paper stated that: “An event of
international interest, and one worthy to be commemorated by a
United States coin issue, is scheduled to take place in the near
future. The date has not yet been determined, but it will be
when the twentieth century vandals have been beaten to their
knees and been compelled to