How to identify high relief Dollars

YQQ · March 1, 2016 2:49AM

How does one recognize if this is a High relief dollar???
I am really curious as this coin is pretty well worn.

thanks guys for ur help

AUandAG · March 1, 2016 2:56AM

All 1921 Peace dollars are High Relief.

bob

TwoSides2aCoin · March 1, 2016 4:10AM

It's the design of the die which gave the coin this nomenclature. The die did not hold up well. Thus weakly struck or LDS left them missing details. Also, tough to find what we're looking for when we know what we are looking at. It (the Peace $) is one of my favorite designs. And Im partial to the reverse of this particular series. Peace !

TopographicOceans · March 1, 2016 4:19AM

If it's got a date of 1921, it's a high relief dollar.

AMRC · March 1, 2016 4:28AM

I am going to go out on a limb and say I am sure you knew that all 1921's were High Relief. So saying "1921" is the diagnostic is not much help. Especially if you are looking for the elusive 1922 High relief.

Even on well-worn coins like this, you can see noticeably more depth between where the devices and the fields meet in contrast to the highest points of the coin. This coin shows a lot of protected areas around the devices and this is a good indicator of High relief. With Uncirculated coins, you are looking for significantly more depth from the highest points on the rims to the lowest points in the fields, than you would otherwise see in a standard strike.

leothelyon · March 1, 2016 5:11AM

Originally posted by: YQQ
How does one recognize if this is a High relief dollar???
I am really curious as this coin is pretty well worn.

thanks guys for ur help

Not a high relief example. It might have been before it circulated and wore down to its present state. Wouldn't you rather have an example that shows all the details in.....high relief? We have people at the top of the Registry in the Jefferson nickel series with coins that have missing details........what's up with that besides their GPA's?

Leo

Coinflip · March 1, 2016 5:46AM

I'll make it easy, look at the E in Lib , on the high relief ,the ray,it won't extend much past the E(the one going thru the bottom of the E), on th low relief it will much more dramaticly
There are similar traits with the rays on the reverse bUT this is the most helpful and fastest

YQQ · March 1, 2016 10:25AM

EMRC, that limb you went out on.... it just broke. I hope it was not too high up.
I have NO idea about US dollars, except that they are silver, nicer than Canadian Silver dollars and are heavier.
why I posted this is simple. It is the first time that I saw it on Ebay posted in the title by a very reputable seller. I believe he is a member in this forum. certainly takes great pictures.
He had numerous auctions with the same content. The posted image sold for : USD 48, a rather steep price IMO. or am I not correct with that price.
as I said, Have no idea about USD, I am totally into Canadian coins.

golden · March 1, 2016 10:35AM

I took several 1921's back to the bank in the early 1960's. They graded g. to vg. or so. There were always several in each group that I got from the bank to look through.

TwoSides2aCoin · March 1, 2016 10:58AM

I submit a few coins to PCGS. Did a search on my website for 1921 Peace dollar.
The first two to come up are both 1921 Peace Dollars. They share the same coin number (7356). Though one is AU and the other MS, only the MS gets the designation. And that's more likely because of a complete strike with little loss of detail. ( Reasoned out through logic, and maybe not so ) … But it's as close as I could come up with a logical answer for you.

Maybe get Roger Burdette's book "From Mine to Mint". (A plug for RWB)
It's chock full of an immense amount of information about manufacture.

Coin Finder · March 1, 2016 11:21AM

The easiest way to identify 1922 high relief dollars is the 4 rays under the "one" on the reverse. Look at the 1921 Dollar above. There are 4 rays starting from the bottom of the E. If you look at a regular 1922 reverse you will only see three..If you have 4 rays it probably is a high relief 1922 dollar.

lordmarcovan · March 1, 2016 3:02PM

I really like that smoothie '21 Peace dollar. It's got loads of character.

leothelyon · March 1, 2016 6:33PM

Originally posted by: YQQ
EMRC, that limb you went out on.... it just broke. I hope it was not too high up.
I have NO idea about US dollars, except that they are silver, nicer than Canadian Silver dollars and are heavier.
why I posted this is simple. It is the first time that I saw it on Ebay posted in the title by a very reputable seller. I believe he is a member in this forum. certainly takes great pictures.
He had numerous auctions with the same content. The posted image sold for : USD 48, a rather steep price IMO. or am I not correct with that price.
as I said, Have no idea about USD, I am totally into Canadian coins.

Well, there are Registry set categories for certified ultra worn coins. This may be the reason behind your opinion of a steep price.

Leo

How to identify high relief Dollars

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