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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jgrinz, post: 277610, member: 10129&quot;]Quoted from PCGS site:</p><p>***</p><p>Proof examples of this date are quite different from those of earlier dates.&nbsp; Two Proof versions of the 1921 Morgan Dollar&nbsp; were struck, both apparently at the request of individuals outside the Mint.&nbsp; </p><p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana">[SIZE=-1]The first version, known as the &quot;Zerbe&quot; Proof, was struck for the noted numismatist, Farran Zerbe, who supposedly had a fit when the new Silver Dollars of 1921 turned out to be a resurrection of the Morgan Dollar type instead of the new Peace Dollar type that he had promoted.&nbsp; The exact mintage is unknown but the figures bandied about in the past have ranged from a low of 20 to a high of 200.&nbsp; PCGS has certified 78 &quot;Zerbe&quot; Proofs, the finest of which have been 7 PR-66&#039;s.&nbsp; Breen noted that most of the &quot;Zerbe&quot; Proofs he had seen had been cleaned or scrubbed, but his experience conflicts with PCGS&#039; findings (PCGS will not certify cleaned or impaired coins).&nbsp; [/SIZE]</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana">[SIZE=-1]Breen offered some die characteristics of the Zerbe strikings, but be wary, as circulation strikes also exist from these dies:[/SIZE]</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana">[SIZE=-1]<i>&quot;Obv. Small die scratch up to r. from left tip of serif of left upright of second U in UNUM to border.&nbsp; Left base of first 1 above center of dentil, r. base of second 1 slightly r. of left edge.&nbsp; Central details far sharper than on regular uncirculated pieces.&nbsp; Rev. Very faint recutting visible on left upright of T in UNITED.&nbsp; Horizontal die file marks plainly within ribbon bows and at left and right of them; vertical die file marks at inner berries nearest to left base of N and T in UNITED.&nbsp; Eagle&#039;s breast feathers unusually sharp.&nbsp; Brilliant proofs as in 1904 and earlier years, carelessly made...&quot;</i>[/SIZE]</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana">[SIZE=-1]The second Proof version is the so-called &quot;Chapman&quot; Proof, named after the Philadelphia coin dealer, Henry Chapman, whose name appears on a Mint invoice (dated June 11, 1921) selling him &quot;10 proof silver dollars 1921&quot;.&nbsp; For years, the mintage was thought to have been limited to only the ten coins, but now we know that additional &quot;Chapman&quot; Proofs were struck.&nbsp; PCGS alone has certified 40 examples, the finest of which is a single PR-66 that far outshines the 13 PR-64&#039;s that are at the next level below. The only Proof Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-64. &quot;Chapman&quot; Proofs are super brilliant and have only 16 berries in the wreath on the reverse, as opposed to 17 on the &quot;Zerbe&quot; Proofs.&nbsp; Additional die characteristics include a hollow area around Morgan&#039;s initial on the truncation line on the obverse (caused by die polishing) and light die striations around UN, AM, and RICA on the reverse[/SIZE]</font></p> <p style="text-align: left">***</p> <p style="text-align: left">Hope this helps</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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