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Whitman Insider Guide to Collecting Presidential Dollars

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 11:20:00 GMT

Whitman Insider Guide to Collecting Presidential Dollars
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Readers will learn all about these much-discussed new coins from the United States Mint, in addition to gaining insight on tokens, medals, paper money, older coins, and other collectibles related to each president. ''After you read this book you can branch out and build an attractive collection based around your Presidential dollars,'' said Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. ''These coins can from the foundation for a collection of older and even more exotic pieces for a display of historical Americana.''.

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Seated Liberty Dollars

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 11:19:00 GMT

Seated Liberty Dollars
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Seated Liberty Dollars

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Sketchbook of George T. Morgan

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 11:19:00 GMT

Sketchbook of George T. Morgan
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George T. Morgan was an artist - a sculptor and coin designer - in the late 1800's and early 1900's. One of his most famous works of art is instantly recognizable as an American classic: the Morgan silver dollar, minted in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Carson City, Denver, and San Francisco from the 1870's until 1921.Today most collectors know Morgan as the father of this legendary silver coin. Specialists are familiar with his designs for commemoratives and medals, and his significant work in U.S. pattern coins.But who exactly was George T. Morgan?Karen M. Lee, a curator of the National Numismatic Collection housed at the National Museum of American History, finally answers that intriguing question. Introducing Morgan's never-before-published personal sketchbook, and with unique access to family photographs and documents, Lee reveals the man behind the coins.This amazing new work, The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan, is an eye-opening immersion into the designer's ''life of art and labor.'' Central to this beautifully illustrated volume are 80 pages of Morgan's personal and professional sketchbook - the entirety of the creative journal that he carried from his native England to the United States in the 1870's - which is one of the treasures of the Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection. Morgan worked out his designs in this book not over weeks or months, not even simply for a few years, but over the course of nearly two decades. The sketchbook could easily have been lost to history over the nearly 100 years since Morgan died in 1925. Now brought to light for the first time, it shows us the creative process of one of America's unsung artistic geniuses.

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The Authoritative Reference on Ike Dollars

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 11:19:00 GMT

The Authoritative Reference on Ike Dollars
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The Authoritative Reference on Ike Dollars

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Top 50 Peace Dollar Varieties

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 11:19:00 GMT

Top 50 Peace Dollar Varieties
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Top 50 Peace Dollar Varieties

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Fantastic 1804 Dollar

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:55:00 GMT

Fantastic 1804 Dollar
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Fantastic 1804 Dollar

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Guide 1879-S Reverse Dollars by Wang

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:55:00 GMT

Guide 1879-S Reverse Dollars by Wang
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Guide 1879-S Reverse Dollars by Wang

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Comprehensive Catalog Morgan/Peace$ VanAllen

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:54:00 GMT

Comprehensive Catalog Morgan/Peace$ VanAllen
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Comprehensive Catalog Morgan/Peace$ VanAllen

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Buying Guide to Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars 3rd ed

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:53:00 GMT

Buying Guide to Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars 3rd ed
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Buying Guide to Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars 3rd ed

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Carson City Morgan Dollars 3rd Ed

Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:53:00 GMT

Carson City Morgan Dollars 3rd Ed
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The modern-day story of Carson City Morgan dollars starts in 1964, when an official audit of the vaults of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., uncovered an astounding three million of the coins from the late 1800s. The story of their birth, however, goes back much farther. This book chronicles the amazing history of the California Gold Rush, which brought hundreds of thousands of hopefuls to the rugged Wild West of the United States. Through that hope, two brothers stumbled across the greatest silver find in history, in what we now know as the State of Nevada. In the 1860s it was the birthplace of a mining industry that inspired the dreams of thousands and the creation of a camp that today is Carson City, Nevada, where eventually the U.S. Mint would start a branch and the famous ''CC'' Morgan dollars would be struck. Coins dealers and published researchers Adam Crum, Selby Ungar, and Jeff Oxman tell the story and present a rich study of each Carson City Morgan dollar, with detailed analysis for collectors, investors, and historians alike. The fully updated 3rd edition includes new photographs and ongoing research and market information.

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