(And that legislation identifies 1921 as the “completion of coinage of the Morgan dollar.”) They’re not precise copies of the older coins, but, in the words of the Act, “honor” them with “renditions” of the original designs. They were authorized under different legislation. They’re not technically “Morgan dollars” and “Peace dollars,” even though their designs are very close to the classic coins minted from 1878 to 1921, and from 1921 to 1935, respectively. This is the best place to categorize them. They’re listed as the last entry in that chapter, after the American Innovation dollars. The 76th edition of the Red Book, which will be released in a few weeks, classifies these coins in the “Silver and Related Dollars” section. Or some other numismatic animal altogether?

One of the big questions in the hobby community has been, “Where to list them?” More specifically: Where will they be cataloged in the Red Book?Īre they a continuation of the historic Morgan and Peace silver dollar series? These coins have made headlines for the past year (and more). (Image courtesy of the United States Mint). New information can lead to reclassifications die varieties get discovered and published mintages and other data can change as government archives and records reveal hidden secrets.Ĭollectors and dealers have been wondering how the Red Book will categorize the 2021 coins that, at a quick glance, appear to be classic Peace and Morgan dollars. Older federal coins, and colonial coins and tokens, require more rigorous pondering and analysis of the latest numismatic research. By and large, the Roosevelt dime series is steady and predictable. But those happen just once or twice in a generation. Sometimes there’s a novelty in the series, like West Point’s two dimes minted in 19.

This many dimes go into Uncirculated Mint sets, that many dimes go into Proof sets. Each year the Philadelphia and Denver mints produce a few billion dimes for circulation the San Francisco Mint works its magic making beautiful Proofs, in copper-nickel and silver, for collectors. They’ve had the same design for the past seventy-five years. Some modern coin series are fairly straightforward, and decision-making around them is easy. The results have to be accessible for the complete newcomer to the hobby, and also valuable for the more advanced collector. The goal is to catalog hundreds of different coin types, spanning centuries of American history, in a logical, easy-to-digest way. Yeoman and His Remarkable Red Book-you know that the Red Book’s editors have always taken its content very seriously. If you’ve read Kenneth Bressett’s history of the Guide Book of United States Coins-the recently published A Penny Saved: R.S. (Background image courtesy of Tab62, Shutterstock). Mint’s coins struck to honor the Morgan and Peace silver dollars. The 76th edition of the Red Book includes the U.S.

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