1926-D Peace Silver Dollar
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 2,348,700 made
- Mintage
- 2,348,700
- Metal
- 90% silver, 10% copper
- Weight
- 26.73 g
- Diameter
- 38.1 mm
Original illustration. Tap to flip. Not a photograph of the actual coin.
Face value · Metal value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 1926-D Peace Silver Dollar worth?
In worn condition it trades for about its silver content, 0.7735 troy ounces. Uncirculated coins with full luster or attractive toning sell for more.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with full original luster
- A die variety or minting error
For market prices, check recent sold results for certified coins in the same grade.
Quick answers
- Is the 1926-D Peace Silver Dollar rare?
- Not by date: 2.3 million were struck. A sharp uncirculated coin or a known variety is what makes one special.
- Is the 1926-D Peace Silver Dollar silver?
- Yes. It's 90% silver, 10% copper and holds 0.7735 troy ounces of pure silver.
- Where is the mint mark on a 1926 Peace Silver Dollar?
- On the reverse, below the word ONE, near the tip of the eagle's wing. Philadelphia coins have no mint mark. On this coin the mark is D, for Denver.
- Which Denver dates near 1926 are scarcer?
- The 1927-D at 1,268,900. So the 1926-D is on the scarcer side for those years.
- How many 1926-D Peace Silver Dollar coins were made?
- 2,348,700.
What to check on your 1926-D
- Make sure the mint mark really is a D. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 1926 (1.9 million made).
- Don't clean it. Cleaning leaves fine scratches and an unnatural shine that collectors avoid.
- Judge the grade under good light. Wear appears first on the hair above Liberty's ear and on the eagle's wing feathers.
Circulated examples are usually traded for their silver content. Pick out the best ones: original luster and attractive toning lift a coin above melt, while cleaned coins lose most of their collector value.
The story of the 1926-D
Denver hadn't struck the Peace Silver Dollar since 1923. When it came back in 1926, it made 2,348,700. In 1927 the figure was 1.3 million.
1926 came to 1.9 million and 1926-S came to 7 million, so neither mint's 1926 coin is much scarcer than the other.
Only the 1927-D and the 1934-D have a lower mintage among Denver's 5 Peace Silver Dollars. Within the 1920s it's 10th smallest of 19, between the 1926 (1.9 million) and the 1923-D (6.8 million).
More on the 1926-D
Denver returned to the Peace dollar in 1926 after two idle years, striking 2,348,700 coins. That was more than Philadelphia's 1,939,000 but only about a third of San Francisco's 6,980,000. It was also a much smaller run than Denver's 6,811,000 of 1923, its previous Peace dollar.
The 1926-D is a better date in uncirculated condition, where it brings noticeably more than a common Philadelphia year like 1923 or 1925. In circulated grades it's affordable, since enough survive to meet demand. Make sure the D is genuine: it sits below ONE beside the wing tip and should match the style and depth of a known Denver mint mark rather than looking added. Then check Liberty's cheek and the eagle's leg for wear. A coin with original, undisturbed luster is worth far more than one that has been wiped or polished. Worn coins trade a little above metal value; uncirculated coins carry a collector premium that rises steadily with grade.
Pittman Act coinage winds down (1923 to 1928)
Peace dollars continued in large numbers to replace the coins melted under the Pittman Act, with Philadelphia striking 30.8 million in 1923. Output fell after that year. San Francisco's 1924-S and 1925-S, each under two million, are scarce in high grades. Denver made no dollars in 1924 or 1925.
The 1927 issues from all three mints are relatively scarce. The 1928 from Philadelphia, with only 360,649 struck, is the lowest mintage of the series and is often confused with the more common 1928-S. Pittman purchases were complete in 1928 and coinage stopped. San Francisco dollars of these years are often softly struck. Many survivors show heavy bag marks from storage in Treasury vaults. Bags of Peace dollars also emerged in the Treasury releases of the early 1960s.
How to recognize it
Anthony de Francisci's Liberty faces left wearing a crown of light rays, with LIBERTY above and the date below. The reverse shows an eagle at rest on a mountaintop, holding an olive branch, as the sun rises behind it, with the word PEACE on the rock. The mint mark is below the word ONE, near the tip of the eagle's wing.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Series | Peace Silver Dollar (1921–present) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1926 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 2,348,700 |
| Face value | $1 |
| Composition | 90% silver, 10% copper |
| Weight | 26.73 grams |
| Diameter | 38.1 mm |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Silver content | 0.7735 troy oz (24.057 g) |
| Designer | Anthony de Francisci |
Other 1926 Peace Silver Dollar issues
| Coin | Mintage | Type | Silver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 Peace Silver Dollar | 1,939,000 | Circulation strike | 0.7735 oz |
| 1926-D Peace Silver Dollar | 2,348,700 | Circulation strike | 0.7735 oz |
| 1926-S Peace Silver Dollar | 6,980,000 | Circulation strike | 0.7735 oz |
Mintage: Peace dollar (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from US Mint records and the Guide Book of United States Coins. How we build these pages.