1922 Peace Dollar. In God We trvst???

Merch · March 17, 2005 6:54AM

Noticed this in my stash today. The "u" in "trust" is replaced with a "v". How common was this, and is this good?

ER · March 17, 2005 6:54AM

That's the way for Peace $.

DNADave · March 17, 2005 6:55AM

They are all that way. And also on the reverse of Standing liberty quarters. It was the thing to do at the time.

Merch · March 17, 2005 6:56AM

Boy do I feel smart, roflmfao!!!! Thanks

Russ · March 17, 2005 6:57AM

Every time I run an ad in the local paper, this question is second only to "how much are silver pennies worth."

Russ, NCNE

PutTogether · March 17, 2005 10:00AM

Don't feel dumb about it Merch. Every single person here didn't know that at one point in their life. What now seems simple was once obscure - education is where 99 percent of the fun of collecting comes from.

USC · March 17, 2005 1:40PM

Speak for yourself.

lordmarcovan · March 17, 2005 1:45PM

The ancient Romans used a V instead of a U, and you'll see that a lot in "classical" style throwback designs of the 'teens and 'twenties.

The Dunwoody Building here in my hometown was built in the 1920's. It says "DVNWOODY BVILDING" on the cornice.

sumnom · March 17, 2005 2:09PM

You've never been to the PVBLIC LIBRARY???

ChuckC · March 17, 2005 2:10PM

What a STVPID QVESTION!

lordmarcovan · March 17, 2005 2:10PM

Our Public Library building was finished in 2003. So no "PVBLIC LIBRARY" for us. It is pretty close to the DVNWOODY BVILDING, though.

Neptune · March 17, 2005 2:14PM

YOV GVYS R Crazy!

LincolnCentMan · March 17, 2005 2:21PM

Every time I run an ad in the local paper, this question is second only to "how much are silver pennies worth."

My standard answer is, "More money than I have. You should keep those."

David

SilverHaze · March 17, 2005 2:35PM

Hey Merch, how's it goin'?
I won't swear to it, but I was told by my Grandfather that the "V" on the Peace dollar stood for "Victory" and was placed on the coin after World War II. Makes sense to me!

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sumnom · March 17, 2005 3:07PM

V for victory? I doubt that story...

XpipedreamR · March 17, 2005 3:14PM

I think it's "V'" for "Valium."

XpipedreamR · March 17, 2005 3:16PM

Yup, that's it, all right!

relayer · March 17, 2005 3:26PM

And they used to spell Jesus as Iesus.

(Actually in Arabic it was written as

)

ibzman350 · March 17, 2005 10:16PM

"Noticed this in my stash today. The "u" in "trust" is replaced with a "v"."

First, Please don't keep you Peace $'s in your stash.

Second, don't look at your Peace$'s after you've smoked from your stash.

Herb

Conder101 · March 18, 2005 1:04PM

<< <i>I won't swear to it, but I was told by my Grandfather that the "V" on the Peace dollar stood for "Victory" and was placed on the coin after World War I. >>

I've heard that explaination several times before. Problem is that expression "V for Victory" became common in WWII not WWI.

sumnom · March 18, 2005 1:27PM

Plus, U's have been written as V's for quite a while, especially when the Classical feeling is desired.

BigAlan · March 18, 2005 1:37PM

Plus, U's have been written as V's for quite a while, especially when the Classical feeling is desired.

Actually the Romans had a "U" sound, they just spelled it "V" because V is easier to carve in stone than U. In written Latin the U and V forms were used interchangeably and had the "W" sound. Rules were later established on where to use U or V. U before vowels, V at the start of a word, etc. That's where we get the W sound in qUarter, qUeen, etc.