AboutMyCoin1921 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark) in AU50
A 1921 Peace dollar with no mint mark graded AU50 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and AU50 is what a grader called the surface that survived. What that looks like on this coin is below. Where the grade sits against the rungs either side of it, and every way it is written on a slab, are in the table below.
What AU50 means
A 1921 Peace dollar with no mint mark in About Uncirculated (AU-50) circulated briefly and barely: the hair above Liberty’s eye and the high points of the rays of her crown are flattened where they stand highest, the eagle’s shoulder and the feathers along the top of its folded wing show the same, some of the original mint lustre survives in the fields around them, and every other detail is as it was struck.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade AU-50. They are the same grade and the same 1921 Peace dollar with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1921 Peace dollar with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from AU50 is About Uncirculated (AU-53). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 1921 Peace dollar with no mint mark in AU50, which is the difference between what somebody paid and what somebody hoped for. Until this site has a researched figure for this grade, that search is the answer — take the middle of several recent sales rather than the highest.
Completed sales of a 1921 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark) in AU50 →
The metal floor under it
$49.79
0.7734 troy oz silver × $64.38 per troy ounce
$64.38/ozt, based on spot prices at 23 September 2026 19:59 UTC
Whatever the market does, a 1921 Peace dollar with no mint mark cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for AU50 is measured against, and it moves with the metal price rather than with the coin market.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
1921 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark): every grade, the metal and the specification →