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1921 Peace Dollar Obverse Splasher, Judd A1921-1, Pollock-Unlisted, Unique -- Environmental Damage -- PCGS Genuine. Unc Detail...
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Description
1921 Peace Dollar Splasher in Lead
Judd A1921-1, Believed Unique, Unc Details
1921 Peace Dollar Obverse Splasher, Judd A1921-1,
Pollock-Unlisted, Unique -- Environmental Damage -- PCGS Genuine.
Unc Details. Lead. 77.1 grams. 45 mm diameter. 5 mm thick. In
late 1921, sculptor Anthony de Francisci won the Commission of Fine
Arts competition for the Peace dollar. He arrived at the
Philadelphia Mint a few days before Christmas, and worked with
Chief Engraver George Morgan to finish the design. Roger Burdette
in A Guide Book of Peace Dollars notes a December 23 letter
from Mint Director R.T. Baker to Treasury Secretary Andrew William
Mellon about the submission of models for the Peace dollar.
Burdette states the models were "likely lead splashers or small
plaster casts, there being no time to harden the hubs and make
dies." Andy Lustig concluded the present splasher "is a genuine
U.S. Mint product" with highly concave fields and a squared rim
unlike a typical 1921 Peace dollar. The splasher has oxidized and
has a beaded appearance. The present splasher was retained by
Anthony de Francisci, and possibly passed through the ownership of
James Earle Fraser and Victor Anthony de Meo. Fraser was a
contemporary of de Francisci, and de Meo was a photographer who
worked with Fraser. de Meo's son, William de Meo, was an apprentice
for Fraser, and later owned the splasher.
Auction Info
2025 August 26 - 31 ANA US Coins Signature® Auction #1385 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2025
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