Didn't know this great book was online

tradedollarnut · June 27, 2017 8:12PM

https://www.pcgs.com/books/silver-dollars/

OldIndianNutKase · June 27, 2017 8:18PM

What a great resource to be available to all. But I would still happily pay for the print version........so I don't have to take my computer to bed at night.

OINK

BruceS · June 27, 2017 8:28PM

Bookmarked for future reference. Thanks for the link. I much prefer the electronic version. My phone is much lighter than all those dead trees.

WDP · June 27, 2017 8:44PM

@tradedollarnut , thanks for posting a link to this great two volume book. It is not well known but I think that this book has been online for quite some time now (if I am correct).

If you haven't seen or read this book you will want to click on the link above and check it out. And bookmark it! It's a great book. I have two copies, one heavily annotated with notes, updates, corrections, changes, etc., and many items an photos "laid in." The covers on my primary copy have expanded by an inch or two!

The link Bruce posted brings up the first edition of the Bowers book on all silver dollars 1794 to 1935, published in 1993. There is a second edition for the silver dollars 1794 to 1804 which can be ordered off the Stack's Bowers website (with a little work to locate...). The book @tradedollarnut posted the link to covers the early U.S. Silver Dollars 1794-1804, Gobrecht and Seated Dollars (both Proof and Business / Regular Strikes), Morgan and Peace Dollars. The second edition updates the early dollars 1794 to 1804 (only).

Here is another link for those interested in the early dollars 1794 to 1803. This is a website on early dollars published by the Cardinal Foundation. http://earlydollars.org/

Among my favorite early dollars are the "Dollars of 1798," although I enjoy them all. I especially love late die states. Here is a 1798 B-33, BB-117 Dollar, R-8 with three examples known to me. All three examples known have the reverse bisecting die break, but all three examples are distinctly different die states. I have been lucky enough to own all three at one time or another. This Specimen ex. Jules Reiver (1973) (and W. David Perkins). It is now in a NW collector's collection. W. Earl Spies discovered this die marriage in the 1950s (per my research).

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Here is the W. Earl Spies - Miller Specimen of the 1798 B-33, BB-117 Dollar. You will note the reverse die break is much heavier (later).

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You can see why I like the Dollars of 1798 and late die states!

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Photo courtesy of W. David Perkins.

roadrunner · June 27, 2017 8:45PM

Interesting section on seated dollar rarity in circ and MS grades.

goodmoney4badmoney · June 27, 2017 8:52PM

Appreciate you posting this link!

cecropiamoth · June 27, 2017 9:53PM

Thanks so much for posting the link. We have both volumes at our local public library. My Dad goes there quite a bit and he hates it when I ask him to check those out for me (they're heavy!!)...won't need to do that anymore.

Numiven · June 27, 2017 9:55PM

Great find! Thank you.

yosclimber · June 27, 2017 9:55PM

Cool. I checked the full list of books they have put online at:
https://pcgs.com/books/
and I am saving info on Half Dime proofs from Breen's Proof book.

mbogoman · June 28, 2017 5:34AM

Yes, it is an incredible resource and has been online for quite a while. I know I have had it bookmarked for years....

ricko · June 28, 2017 5:40AM

Thanks for the link.... I have several books on dollars (Peace, Eagles, Morgans etc.)... this will be a good reference and cross check resource. Cheers, RickO

TwoSides2aCoin · June 28, 2017 5:48AM

Thanks. Some threads are helpful in determining who our friends are. Others, not so much.
But the book threads help me see the greater good in the hobby.

Wabbit2313 · June 28, 2017 8:35AM

I use it often. You can google the coin date and it will take you right to the correct page in the results. Usually the second choose down on google. Type the following and enter the date you want at the beginning.

1900-S morgan pcgs.com books

seatedlib3991 · June 28, 2017 8:54AM

I wonder how this differs from my book. A Buyer's Guide to Silver & Trade Dollars of the United Stated by Q. David Bowers

ShadyDave · June 28, 2017 12:09PM

Thanks for sharing. David Lawrence use to have quite a few popular numismatic books available on their site too, but since they updated their site, I think they have been taken down.

DDR · June 28, 2017 1:56PM

Thanks, Bruce. That is one of my all-time favorite reference books. I am fortunate enough to have hardback editions of both volumes and I still refer to them all the time.

kaz · June 28, 2017 6:38PM

@seatedlib3991 said:
I wonder how this differs from my book. A Buyer's Guide to Silver & Trade Dollars of the United Stated by Q. David Bowers

Your book (which I have) is a distillation of the larger tome (which I also have). The big one just has a lot more info, both in terms of die varieties, populations (at the time), and some really interesting history. The smaller big is a handy quick reference. though.