Why do Morgan $'s get more attention than Peace $'s?

I've been on this forum for a couple of months now and one thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a lot more threads dedicated to Morgans than Peace Dollars. Just wondering why? They both are cool coins in my opinion.

 

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Just a more popular series I guess. I love Morgans, but personally find the Peace dollar a much better design artistically.

 

Completing a Morgan collection is pretty challenging and there are countless varieties, while completing a set of peace dollars can be accomplished fairly easily.

 

Morgans were minted over a longer period of time, and at an earlier time. They are often viewed as the classic US $1 coin, and overall I think that most people view them as a more popular series.

 

First would be the Morgan dollars are older. I like old things in new shape. Then, the design on them is to me a better, classier, design than the Peace Dollar design. The other thing is Morgan dollars are both rarer and often more valuable. A lot of them didn't survive the melt years. The only two Peace dollars commanding premium prices are the 21 and the 28. The rest are fairly cheap. Not so of many of the Morgans.

 

They are both very nice series, and should both get appropriate attention from collectors. I am a confirmed Morgan person, who also loves Peace Dollars. The two are not mutually exclusive.

 

Here are the majority of my hoard of both types ...







Beauties!

 

With lower grade circs and junk, okay... but when other grades/conditions are considered, this is far from fact.

 

I wasn't speaking slabbed, but of Raw coins which bought sight unseen I can usually get for less than $40, if I wanted them. Again, Apmex comes to mind.

 

They're both great coins and I like them both . I love the Peace dollars obverse and the Morgans reverse . And for those who think Peace dollars are cheap try completing a set in over 65 .

 

Peace dollars were not very well designed for practical striking, which led to flat and often weakly-struck surfaces. I believe the Peace dollar planchets were also prepared in a different manner than Morgan dollar planchets, which means you don't find nearly as many Peace dollars with either bright white luster (even taking into account dipping) or attractive toning. The Morgan dollar has also earned a reputation in popular culture as the traditional 'Western' silver dollar, whereas the Peace doesn't have quite that same mythos. I'd say those reasons account for at least some of the gap in popularity.

 

Morgan's are earlier theirs more rarities more have great toning and there's the wonderful cc mints peace dollars nice design but not old enough for me

 

The 25s and 27 s are hardly junk. They're both tough mintage difficult dates. So is 1935.

 

I think most collectors like them both , but for sheer diversity you have to give it to the Morgans . You can collect many dates in decent grades for maybe double melt , and then there's the CC minted coins , and the real killers like the '93-S and the proof only '95 . Happy hunting . And a Merry Christmas to all .

 

There were 656,511,299 Morgan dollars minted, 86,730,000 or 13.21% in 1921 alone with 190,928,756 Peace dollars minted. The Mint did melt a lot of the Morgan dollars but so many were made that there is still a LOT of them left. The Morgan dollar is more of a classic design which many collectors like. The Peace dollar design did not bode well in the minting process so the availability of large quantities of well struck coins to satisfy collector demand just is not there. Many of the Morgan dollars can be easily obtained well struck and nicely toned making them a more popular series.

The 1921 and 1928 are not the only ones that command a premium. The 1934-S is a $75.00 coin in fine condition and a $200.00 coin in XF. There are three coins at $150.00 or more and five more at $50.00 in XF condition. You may find some of these for less but a nice high grade circulated set is not going to be cheap.

 

I happen to like both designs. I'm concentrating on Morgans at the moment, but always have my eye out for nice Peace Dollars. The story behind the design of the Peace Dollar is very interesting to me. A tribute to the end of WWI, the war to end all wars!

 

I agree with this synopsis.

Side by Side, the Morgan design is just way more interesting than the Peace Dollar which, comparatively speaking, is rather plain.

Being the better struck coin, up close, the Morgans devices look literally glued onto the fields with very clear definition.

 

To me Morgan dollars have more interesting options: CC and O mints, DMPL and PL, proofs and toners of all kinds.

 

I forgot one thing , Most Morgans were minted in the 19th century . So having that 18 on it makes it more interesting , to a lot of people , than the 20th century Peace dollar .

 

Right, and it is an older coin that can be had in higher grades for a relatively cheap price. When you have a nice, mint-state Morgan Dollar from the late 1800s going for 50 bucks, they are going to become popular.