United States 2021-D dollar
This specimen was lot 5770 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €600 (about US$775 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VEREINIGTE STAATEN VON AMERIKA, Silver Dollar 2021, D, Denver. 100-Jahrfeier des Morgan Types. First Day of Issue. Thomas Cleveland Signature. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung MS 70 (44118751). Stempelglanz. (United States of America, silver dollar of 2021, Denver mint, on the centennial of the Morgan silver dollar, first day of issue, signed by Thomas Cleveland. Graded PCGS MS-70)"
This was sold by the Mint for $85. The inflated price shown here is because of the MS-70 grade, allegedly indicating a flawless coin. The Morgan design, or a parody of it, was revived for this one ounce NCLT to mark the centennial of the year the design was retired. The original Morgan dollar was 26.73 g, not 31.10 g.
Recorded mintage: 175,000.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38.1 mm diameter, reeded edge, after a design by George Morgan.
Catalog reference: KM 110a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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