The obverse of the Peace Dollar features the head of Liberty, facing left. Her hair is bound in a bun with several locks loose and blown backward in the wind. She wears a tiara with rays. The word "Liberty" appears above, with the date below. The motto "In God We Trust" is in a straight line, on opposite sides of Liberty's neck. The designer Anthony De Francisci used his 22 year old wife Teresa as a model for the coin and later refined the portrait based on a bust of Victory by Augustus Saint Gaudens.
The reverse of the coin features an eagle perched on a rock, facing right. An olive branch is clapsed in the eagle's talons. Rays of sunlight eminate from the lower right. The original design featured the eagle breaking a sword to symbolize the end of war through by the destruction of its implement. Concern that the symbolism might be misinterpreted prompted the Mint to remove the broken sword. The inscriptions "United States of America" and "E Pluribus Unum" appear above the eagle. The word "Peace" appears at the base of the coin, marking the only time the word has appeared on circulating US coinage. The denomination "One Dollar" is in a straight line, split by the eagle.
