The "Peace" In The Peace Dollar.

It was actually issued as a "commemorative peace coin." The peace treaty that officially ended WWI was signed by the U.S. in 1921 (the armistice that ended hostilities was signed in 1918). The Peace dollars entered circulation in January of 1922, beginning with the just over 1 million silver dollars minted in December 1921.

By the way, the other name for the Great War was "The War To End All Wars." It didn't quite work out that way.

I think we will need another "Peace" dollar after W starts WWIII with his next Imperialist Invasion.

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here is word for word what it says at wikipedia which isn't always 100% correct but thought I would post it anyhow

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.

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 minted since 1904. With the passage of the Pittman Act in 1918, the mintage of dollar coins was enabled to start again. Prior to the design and acceptance of the Peace dollar, the Morgan dollar was minted again in 1921.

After a six-year pause in minting, the Peace dollar was again minted in 1934 and 1935. It was minted briefly in 1965 (dated 1964), but all examples of this issue were never released to the public and were melted. The Peace dollar is the last silver dollar minted for circulation in the United States.

Carl, you have an excellent point. I have never thought about the "why" behind the Peace dollar. Of course it seems simple but I guess I took it for granted as well. Thanks for the info guys.