AboutMyCoin1927-D Peace Dollar
A 1927-D Peace dollar was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,268,900 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
Silver melt value
$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
Melt value is what the silver is worth, not necessarily what you can sell it for. But it's a good baseline.
Coin info
- Year
- 1927
- Composition
- 90% silver, 10% copper
- Weight
- 26.73 g
- Diameter
- 38.1 mm
- Silver content
- 0.7734 troy oz
- Face value
- $1.00
- Denomination
- Dollar
- Mint mark
- D
- Minted at
- Denver (D)
- Country
- United States
- Obverse
- Liberty facing left in a radiate crown, with LIBERTY above and the date below
- Reverse
- An eagle at rest on a rock, facing right, holding an olive branch, with PEACE cut into the rock below it
- Edge
- Reeded
Is it worth more than melt?
Quite possibly.
ScarceMintage: 1,268,900
The published figures for this issue disagree — the sources give between 1,268,000 and 1,268,900 — so the figure above is the highest of them. Where it cannot be settled how many were struck, this page states the number that makes the coin commoner rather than scarcer.
A blank in the value column is a grade this site has not researched, not a grade the coin is worth nothing in.
From sales and public data. Figure occasionally updated. Not an appraisal or declaration of worth or value.
The Peace dollar series
A Peace dollar contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and that is the floor under every date in the series; above it the run divides sharply between dates that are common in worn condition and a handful that are not.
- Struck
- 1921–1935
- Designer
- Anthony de Francisci
- Key dates
- 1928, 1927, 1927-S, 1934, 1921, 1934-S
Other dates and mint marks
1927 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1927 Peace dollar is one of the key dates of the series: 848,000 were struck, it is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and even a worn example is worth many times its metal.
1927-S Peace Dollar
A 1927-S Peace dollar is one of the key dates of the series: 866,000 were struck, it is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and even a worn example is worth many times its metal.
1928 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1928 Peace dollar is one of the key dates of the series: 360,649 were struck, it is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and even a worn example is worth many times its metal.
1928-S Peace Dollar
A 1928-S Peace dollar was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,632,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1934 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1934 Peace dollar is one of the key dates of the series: 954,057 were struck, it is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and even a worn example is worth many times its metal.
1934-D Peace Dollar
A 1934-D Peace dollar was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,569,500 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1934-S Peace Dollar
A 1934-S Peace dollar is one of the key dates of the series: 1,011,000 were struck, it is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and even a worn example is worth many times its metal.
1935 Peace Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1935 Peace dollar was struck at Philadelphia, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,576,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1935-S Peace Dollar
A 1935-S Peace dollar was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,964,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.