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Some of your will recognize the name "Charles P. Nichols" from a work by Q. David Bowers. [Incorrect- Bowers wrote about Walter Nichols , not the generation earlier Charles. See the post by… (View Post)

Stuart knows his coins ! (View Post)

Thanks all. This discussion has helped me decide to stay with 8-1/2 x 11-inch pages for the next three books: "Girl on the Silver Dollar" "Fads, Fakes & Foibles" and "Sau… (View Post)

All of these are post-Pittman. Most later melting was of worn or damaged dollars. It wasn't until after June 1934 that melting a silver dollar also required withdrawal from circulation on one pa… (View Post)

This kind of thing was fairly common for 1921 Peace dollars in the early 1960s, and likely tried for some gold. It would be easy to detect from the inadequate detail, plus the wrong type of surface t… (View Post)