1922-D $1 Silver Peace Dollar MS-67 NGC

Circulated and lower-Mint State Peace dollars are so common a sight on the bourse floor, in dealer stocks, and local coin shops that it tends to color the impression of the series as a whole. But the fact is, many collectors (and some dealers) have never seen a Superb Gem Peace dollar in person - and they are a wonder to behold!

Per Ron Guth: The 1922-D is the most common of all the Peace Dollars made at the Denver Mint. It's mintage of 15+ million is more than double that of the next closest (1923-D at 6+ million) and almost 12 times that of the lowest mintage Peace Dollar (1927-D). The vast majority of survivors are fairly equally distributed among the MS-63 and MS-64 grades. In MS-65, the 1922-D Peace Dollar becomes scarce. MS-66 examples become very scarce to rare and MS-67 examples are extremely rare.

The strike characteristics of the 1922-D are not as strong as on the P-Mints, and that tends to be true for an D-Mint Peace Dollar. However, fully struck examples are available and are worth a premium over softly struck coins.