All 1922 High Relief Peace dollars are Proof coins. Most were melted at the Mint and none will have a mintmark. Take it to a dealer to be sure
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A high relief 1922 Peace dollar is rare, they have values of $80,000.00 or more.
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All High Relief Peace dollars were struck at the Philadelphia Mint, so they don't have a mintmark.
Basicly you can't, if you think you have a "High Relief" 1922 Peace dollar, send it to a third-party grading service, any coin must be authenticated.
For the Peace dollar series 1935 is not a rare coin. The only rare Peace dollar is the 1922 high relief matte proof coins.
It could possibly be a business strike high relief coin, but I seriously doubt it. No new examples have "showed up" in about 55 years. Most were melted in late 1922.
The high relief 1922 Peace dollar is a Proof only issue coin and the design elements protrude from the background higher than usual and above the rim which causes the coin not to stack well and is impractical for coinage. Most were melted at the Mint and the ones that still exist are very rare.
The high relief 1922 Peace dollar is a Proof only issue coin and the design elements protrude from the background higher than usual and above the rim which causes the coin not to stack well and is impractical for coinage. Most were melted at the Mint and the ones that still exist are very rare.
The high relief 1922 Peace dollar is a Proof only issue coin and the design elements protrude from the background higher than usual and above the rim which causes the coin not to stack well and is impractical for coinage. Most were melted at the Mint and the ones that still exist are very rare.
The difference is in the height that the design details extend out from the surface. High reliefe coins tend to not get fully struck up on the high points of the design -- especially in the hair above the ear. Pictures of the high & low relief coins can be seen on CoinFacts, using the link below.
In 1921 about one million Peace Dollars had been struck when it was realized that the relief of the coin was too high. That means the features of the coin that you see were actually just a little bit higher than the rim. This was causing the dies to break more often and some of them were even difficult to stack. Production stopped and the coin was redesigned with a lower relief and production of the Peace Dollar resumed in 1922.
The high relief 1922 Peace dollar is a Proof only issue coin and the design elements protrude from the background higher than usual and above the rim which causes the coin not to stack well and is impractical for coinage. Most were melted at the Mint and the ones that still exist are very rare, with values starting at $80,000.00.