THE YEAR WAS 1921, WHY IS THIS YEAR IN COINAGE , SO SIGNIFICANT?  I LL BE REVIEWING ONLY CANADA AND UNITED STATES COINS IN THIS REVIEW . ON THE SURFACE, 1921 SEEMED TO BE A YEAR OF TRANSITION,  1921 MARKED THE END OF THE FIVE CENT SILVER COINAGE .ALSO 1921 WAS THE LAST OF THE HIGHLY OVER-PRODUCED MORGAN DOLLARS, INDEED , THE DESIGN IS TIMELESS , BUT ENOUGH ALREADY!!!  EXCEPT FOR THE SMALL CENTS OF CANADA AND THE U.S.A. ( THE TEN CENT CANADA ) ( AND THE MORGAN DOLLARS ) EVERY OTHER 1921 DATED COIN RANGES FROM A BETTER DATE SCARCITY TO A SUPERB RARITY !!! WE  WILL BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE FIVE CENTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES. THE FABULOUS 1921 FIVE CENT SILVER, THE LAST OF A KIND, IN EARLY 1921 CANADA MOVED FORWARD WITHN LEGISLATION TO MOVE TO A LARGER BASE METAL "NICKEL" SIMILAR IN SIZE TO THE U.S COUNTERPART, SO THE SILVER FIVE CENT 1921 COINS WERE RECALLED AND MELTED. SOME 2.5 MILLION PIECES WERE STRUCK, OF THOSE, ONLY 300 - 400 ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE SURVIVED , MAINLY ACQUIRED EITHER IN MINT SETS OR AS GIFTS TO VISTIORS TO THE RCM IN EARLY 1921 . I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN TWO DIFFERENT  EXAMPLES  OF THE 1921 , AND THEY ARE ,INDEED RARE, AND VERY DESIRABLE. PRICES RANGE FROM 3,500- 60,000 !!!!!!!! NEXT , IS THE 1921 BUFFALO NICKEL , NOT RARE, BUT THE '21-S IS A BETTER DATE TRENDS RANGE FROM 65.00-  1,500. NEXT UP, IS THE 1921 MERCURY DIMES , THE '21-P &'21-D ARE SEMI KEY DATES IN THIS SERIES ( THERE WAS NO '21-S)  BOTH HAVE SIMILAR MINTAGES ( 1.2 MILLION, & 1 MILLION ) BOTH RANGE ROUGHLY FROM 50.00 IN LOWER GRADES TO OVER  1,000 IN UNC. NEXT , IS THE 1921 CANADA 25 CENTS . A SEMI KEY DATE , TO BE SURE , THE MINTAGE WAS 597,337, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DATE TOUGH, IS FINDING A '21 ABOVE FINE -12! THE TRENDS SHOOT UP DRAMATICLY ABOVE FINE. THE VERY FINE TREND IS 150.00, EF 350.00 AU 700.00 AND UNC. THIS COIN TRENDS AT 1,500.00!!!! I HAVE OWNED AND SOLD OVER A DOZEN '21 CANADA TWENTY-FIVE CENT COINS, AND I VE ONLY HANDLED ONE ABOVE VF . NEXT, IS THE VERY SCARCE 1921 STANDING LIBERTY QUARTER, THIS SERIES IS JUST FLAT OUT BEAUTIFUL REGARDLESS OF DATE, BUT THE '21 IS VERY MUCH A KEY DATE . WITH A MINTAGE OF 1.9 MILLION,THIS DATE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF A WEAK STRIKE, BEFORE 1925, THE STANDING QUARTERS HAD A RAISED DATE , WHICH WORE OFF IN CIRCULATION FAIRLY QUICKLY , IN SOME CASES , LIKE THE '21 IN ONLY A FEW MONTHS !!INDEED, I HAVE SEEN VARIOUS  PRE-1925 STANDINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GRADE HIGHLY WITH ALMOST NO VISIBLE DATE !!  1925 ONWARD, THE DATE WAS "RECESSED" AND HELD UP BETTER  IN HEAVY CIRCULATION . THE TRENDS ON THE '21 STANDING QTR  START AT 185.00 IN  G-4!! AND GO UP TO 950.00 IN UNC. NEXT IS THE GREATEST THE 1921 COIN OF THEM ALL ....THE AMAZING 1921 CANADA FIFTY CENTS !!!!!!!!!!!DUE TO LACK OF DEMAND, AND A GENERAL GLUT OF  EARLIER DATES , IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE 1921 CANADA FIFTY CENT MINTAGE WOULD BE MELTED ( 206,398 WERE MINTED ) ONLY ABOUT  75 OR SO ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE SURVIVED , AGAIN, LIKE THE 1921 FIVE CENT SILVER, ONLY PURCHASERS OF SPECIMEN SETS OR VISITORS TO THE MINT IN EARLY 1921 ,ACCOUNT FOR THE ONLY SURVIVORS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT , THERE ARE REPORTS OF A FEW PIECES TURNING UP IN CIRCULATION IN THE VERY EARLY 1960'S!!!!!!!! THE TREND STARTS AT 25,000 , BUT GOOD LUCK BUYING ONE FOR LESS THAN 100,000!!!!!!!!! NEXT, ARE THE 1921 WALKING LIBERTY HALVES THE '21-P&'21-D ARE VERY LOW MINTAGE ( 246,000, & 208,000 RESPECTIVELY)  THE '21-P TRENDS 175.00 IN G-4, WHILE THE '21-D WEIGHS IN AT  285.00 IN G-4, THE '21-S IS LITTLE LESS PRICEY AT 48.00 IN G-4. ALL THREE ARE STILL TOUGH DATES AND VERY DESIRABLE. LASTLY, IS THE BEAUTIFUL 1921 PEACE DOLLAR, DESIGNED TO REFLECT  THE "PEACEFUL STATE OF THE WORLD " AFTER WORLD WAR I , THE FIRST YEAR PEACE DOLLARS WERE OF A "HIGH RELIEF" DESIGN, COUPLE THAT, WITH A LOW MINTAGE JUST OVER 1 MILLION, AND YOU HAVE AN INSTANT CLASSIC!! THE TREND ON A LOW GRADE PEACE DOLLAR IS 75.00 , VERY MUCH WORTH IT .. WELL..THERE YOU HAVE IT..THE INCREDIBLE COIN YEAR OF 1921 ...SCARCE COINS..RARE COINS.. AT  THE VERY LEAST, BETTER DATE COINS . AS FOR THE  WHY THIS IS SUCH A KEY DATE IN GENERAL..?? MANY REASONS , THE END OF  THE FIRST WORLD WAR, LACK OF NEED IN CERTAIN SERIES , BECAUSE OF LOW DEMAND , THE END OF SOME ETC.......I DOUBT ANYONE HAS A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF 1921 COINS ( U.S. AND CANADA ) BUT WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD IF ALL OF THESE COINS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE, IT WOULD BE, A DREAM COME TRUE......THANK YOU  DANNY ANABLE _______"CANADA COIN NUT " JULY 2006