1926-S Peace Dollar

The 1926-S Peace Dollar is relatively common, and unusual for the San Francisco Mint, it is one of its most finely struck Peace dollars. With a mint of just under 7 million coins, this makes it the last production of over 2 million coins from the Peace dollar series.

Luster can range from frosty to brilliant, with a great strike, especially on the obverse. Bag marks can often diminish some of the 1926-S Peace dollars overall attractiveness, but it isn’t too difficult to find a well struck coin.

History of the 1926-S Peace Dollar

Around 2 million 1926-S Peace silver dollars were stored in the San Francisco Mint and then released gradually up until the 1960s. In 1941, the treasury released a large amount of those that were held back, but demand for Peace dollars at this time was lacking.

The 1926-S was considered common and, when more were released in the early 1950s, it didn’t take much for their cost to drop to just above face value. Dealers didn’t want to buy the coins by the bag so they were mostly sold individually at the highest grades.

It wasn’t until the 1970s that the 1926-S Peace dollar became a rarer sight. Over the years it became more sought after, although maybe not as popular as many of the other Peace silver dollars.