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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Transition of the Morgan Dollar to the Peace Dollar, Gold Plated
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the Pobjoy Mint exclusive portrait, depicting the Queen wearing a diadem and pearl earring with a pearl necklace visible at the bust truncation. The gold-plated relief stands prominently against a brushed silver field. The legend BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS arcs along the upper left rim, QUEEN ELIZABETH II continues along the upper right rim, and the date 2021 appears to the lower right, with the PM mint mark also present. |
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| Reverse description | Two overlapping left-facing female busts in high relief representing the allegorical Liberty as depicted on the final Morgan Dollar and the Goddess of Liberty as depicted on the inaugural Peace Dollar, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the transition between the two iconic American silver dollar series. The gold-plated design is set against a brushed silver field. The upper legend reads 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST MORGAN DOLLAR - FIRST PEACE DOLLAR, with the dual dates 1921 - 2021 and the denomination $10 inscribed below. |
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The Morgan Dollar's replacement in 1921 was neither clean nor inevitable. The Morgan design had already been discontinued in 1904 when silver dollar production halted, and its brief resurrection in 1921 was purely a legislative accident — the Pittman Act of 1918 had mandated the melting of millions of silver dollars to sell bullion to Britain during the war, and the same act required their replacement coin-for-coin. The Peace Dollar replaced it mid-year 1921 after lobbying from the Commission of Fine Arts, who considered the Morgan artistically obsolete.