What Every Silver Dollar Buyer Should Know

This book offers an in-depth chronological survey of every silver dollar type, including pricing, mintages, and estimated populations, complimented by a thoughtful review of these authentic coins' histories. From the most commonly collected Morgan dollar to the silver dollar's counterpart, the trade dollar, and a new chapter on the golden Sacagawea, John Dannreuther's fully updated edition of Q. David Bowers' original work highlights the progress of this famous part of American coinage.

This book offers an in-depth chronological survey of every dollar minted in the United States, coin-by-coin collecting tips and insights, and a thoughtful review and history for each dollar type. From the commonly collected Morgan dollar and the ultra rare early dollar of 1794 to the Sacagawea 'golden' dollars, this book covers it all! A year-by-year analysis provides current pricing, mintage figures, estimated surviving specimens, and prices realized at auction. Now with over 200 full size color images, this book is an indispensable asset for every coin collector.

The rich history of U.S. silver dollars goes back to 1794 with the introduction of the "Flowing Hair" dollar followed by the Draped Bust, Gobrecht and Trade silver dollars. But it is the Peace and Morgan silver dollars that have captured the attention of casual and not-so-casual silver coin investors. A total of 190,577,000 Peace silver dollars were minted from 1921-1928 and 1934-1935, the most valuable being the 1934S (total mintage 1,011,000), the 1928 (total mintage just 60,649) and the 1921 High Relief (total mintage 1,006,473). You will find more important and useful information on these and ALL Peace Dollars in this book.Approximately 570,000,000 Morgan dollars were minted from 1878-1904 plus another 86,000,000 in 1921. There are several valuable Morgan dollars with these enjoying top spots - the 1893S (the most valuable San Francisco Morgan dollar- total mintage of just 100,000), the 1889CC (the most valuable Carson City Morgan dollar-total mintage of just 350,000) and the 1893CC (total mintage of 677,000). Detailed information on ALL Morgan Dollars is contained in this book.Discover important buying and selling information on rare, semi-rare and ordinary Peace and Morgan silver dollars plus sections on cleaning silver coins and basic coin grading (important information as the grade of a coin is critical in establishing a coin's price). To help the reader better understand the various coin grades, a glossary of coin grading terms is included. Whether you 1) have Peace or Morgan silver dollars in your possession and want help in determining their value; 2) have decided to start investing in silver dollars and want to gain important knowledge before investing; or 3) have decided it is time to ramp up your purchase of these popular 90 percent silver coins - you will find this book a most helpful resource you will refer to again and again.

It is the complete guide to contemporary numismatics that collectors and investors repeatedly turn to. This award-winning book covers important developments in coin collecting during the last quarter century, and devotes the same careful attention to public and private libraries.