1926 Peace Dollars: First of the Rare or Last of the Common?
May 27, 2026
The Peace Dollar, which ran from 1921 through 1935, is a relatively compact series that entailed some 24 regular issues (not counting major varieties and the like). The series doesn’t boast any financially prohibitive key dates. However, there is a block of dates in the series that many collectors regard as very common, while the rest are relatively scarce and – what’s more – substantially more difficult to obtain in high-end Mint State grades.
There’s no doubt that the scarce first-year issue of 1921, carrying its high-relief strike, is a key date. The latter years of 1927, 1928, 1934, and 1935 offer their low-mintage challenges, too. Then there are the unequivocal common dates of 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925. But what about 1926?
From PCGS