Morgan Dollar books

Eric_Babula

For those of you who are Morgan Dollar lovers, or just love reading about the history of US coins, I have a couple questions:

What are your favorite Morgan Dollar books? Why do you like them?

I have a few, but am always looking to increase my knowledge.

Mitchell

Wayne Miller’s “Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars”

The population numbers are a bit dated but Miller’s approach to studying silver dollars is methodical and thorough. His photography is also excellent but I heard that all of the negatives were lost.

Eric_Babula

Maybe I should elaborate. The books I have are:

• The Official Red Book of Morgan Silver Dollars, Q. David Bowers.

• The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook, Wayne Miller.

• Crime of 1873: The Comstock Connection, Robert R. Van Ryzin.

• Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace Dollars, Leroy C. Van Allen and A.. George Mallis.

• The Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties: The VAM Keys, Michael S. Fey and Jeff Oxman.

It has been a while since I’ve read them. So, maybe I will start by re-reading them. Then, maybe get some more reading! Can never have enough coin knowledge!

Mitchell, does Miller have an Encyclopedia, also? Or, were you thinking of the Van Allen/Mallis Encyclopedia?

Tibor

Miller authored two books. The first one has a copyright date of 1976.
It discusses the Morgan and Peace dollar series by date and mintmark.
Uses black and white photos. Very little if anything is devoted to VAMs.
The title for the book is An Analysis of Morgan and Peace Dollars.

His second book was published in the early 1980's. It also discusses Morgan
and Peace dollars by date and mintmark. There are chapters devoted to
grading, prooflike and proof and Branch mint proof dollars. Varieties
are also discussed but only the major ones. The photos of the toned
pieces are incredible, the ones pictured are @AuroraBorealis quality. The
pics with each of the dollars are nice enough to figure out which pieces he
up graded from the previous edition. It would be nice see the coins imaged
either by Todd @blu62vette , @messydesk, or True Views. Yes I know
that there have been any nicer collections formed since than, but till
the time he sold his collection it was the dream of many.

Rollerman

Is that 2nd Miller book sold anywhere? I love to add a copy to my library.
Pete

Mitchell

I mixed up my titles. Yes, the book I was thinking of is "The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook".

https://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Peace-Dollar-Textbook/dp/B0006Y6NTW/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=wayne+miller+morgan+dollar&qid=1555553495&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull

The first edition isn't a bad book either.

Mitchell

@Eric_Babula said:
Maybe I should elaborate. The books I have are:

• The Official Red Book of Morgan Silver Dollars, Q. David Bowers.

• The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook, Wayne Miller.

• Crime of 1873: The Comstock Connection, Robert R. Van Ryzin.

The Crime of 1873 is a very under-rated book. Van Ryzin did a good job of combining several threads of history and the Carson City mint.

Mitchell

Eric_Babula

@Tibor said:
Miller authored two books.

The Textbook I have has a black hard cover with silver lettering. No copyright date on the inside copyright page.....unless I missed something. Pics are color-ish, but mostly have a blueish tint to them.

Eric_Babula

@Mitchell said:

The Crime of 1873 is a very under-rated book. Van Ryzin did a good job of combining several threads of history and the Carson City mint.

Mitchell

I agree. I really enjoyed reading The Crime of 1873. And, I'm going to read it again! Hope to find more similar to that one!

coinhack

Q. David Bowers book, Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars Of The United States - A Complete Encyclopedia. This is a comprehensive book on silver dollars in two volumes and over 2,000 pages. Bowers is a great researcher and story teller and the coins are covered in detail.

MrMonkeySwag96

My favorite is John Highfill's Silver Dollar Encyclopedia. Mr. Highfill is from my home state of Oklahoma. I did a book review on it a while back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie7noYvBIy0

Tibor

The "An Analysis of Morgan and Peace Dollars" is a paper back.
The "Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook" is a hard back.

RogerB

Bowers-Brochart book on US Silver dollars has better overall information than most of the others mentioned. However, all of the Morgan dollar books are old and lack new information from more modern research.

Is anyone aware of someone working a revision or new book on Morgan dollars?

dbldie55

@Rollerman said:
Is that 2nd Miller book sold anywhere? I love to add a copy to my library.
Pete

Call his shop and ask. You never know if he still has some around. I got mine directly from Wayne. (406-442-0713)