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Rainbow Toners : Peace vs. Morgans... the 1921 Morgans
MsMorrisine
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So, time period showing itself through different bags has been mentioned as why Peace dollars don't tone like Morgans.
1921 Morgans were made in the time period that began the Peace dollars.
Are 1921 Morgan toners similarly hard to find?
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EDIT: Were 21 Morgans struck with freshly mined silver or recycled silver from the Pittman Act?
<< <i>So, time period showing itself through different bags has been mentioned as why Peace dollars don't tone like Morgans.
1921 Morgans were made in the time period that began the Peace dollars.
Are 1921 Morgan toners similarly hard to find? >>
Yes, and they tend to command premiums like the Peace Dollars too. RWB has an excellent thread discussing the changes that occurred at the Mint prior to the coining of these.
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7905837&Main=349463#Post7905837
Check out the '21 Morgan toners in the upcoming Legend auction sale of my former collection! (I have no financial interest in the auction; I sold the whole collection several years ago.)
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1921 Toned Peace Dollar
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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As far as Peace dollars vs. Morgans, the hubs & dies were clearly different in terms of surface preparation, micro-texture, and there were some changes in planchet preparation along the way too. Finally, the greater relief and larger fields of the Peace dollar surely imparted different strains & stresses to the surface of the finished coins. Colorful toning is a thin-layer phenomenon, and different crystal structure at the surface may have affected the chemistry of the silver-sulfur compound reactions.
.... leastwise that's what comes to mind at the moment.
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