As always, those minted in Philadelphia won’t have any letter on the reverse. You can find two 1925 Peace silver dollar variations, with and without the mint mark. You can see the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM on the reverse, on the coin upper edge.
Most Americans disliked the broken sword, so the Mint removed it from the design. Unfortunately, it was the source of controversy because of a broken sword and olive branch it carried. Since the Coinage Act of 1792 required an eagle on the coin reverse, the designer added one. The obverse also contains a motto IN GOD WE TRUST and the date at the coin bottom. Lady Liberty wears a radiate crown that reminds the Statue of Liberty while the word LIBERTY stays above. The obverse is Liberty’s head, based on Teresa de Francisci, the sculptor’s wife.
1925 Peace silver dollarĪnthony de Francisci designed this coin after winning a design competition in 1920. It was the last US circulating coin struck in silver. The Peace dollar was a symbol of the twenties in America, but its production ceased soon after the Great Depression. The period between World War I and the Great Depression was the time of an economic boom in the US, so the country needed a coin made of precious metal. They replaced Morgan dollars melted down by the 1918 Pittman Act. The US Mint produced Peace dollars from 1921 to 1928 for the first time and then renewed production in 19.
