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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 07/02/2014 01:12 am I spent some of this past evening perusing my just received copy of Morgan Dollar - America's Love Affair With a Legendary Coin by Michael "Miles" Standish. It's lavishly illustrated in color, and while I haven't read it every word of it yet, my initial impression is that it's certainly a worthwhile purchase for anyone interested in Morgans, as it contains plenty of tidbits about the history of this coin. Unfortunately, it fails to address the issues of grading and detecting counterfeits as does Wayne Miller's long ago published work, The Morgan and Peace dollar Textbook, so it's usefulness in identifying pitfalls for a beginning collector is limited. Also, VAM's are mentioned only sporadically and in passing, so it's hardly any help to the novice in that respect, either. In summation, a nice enough book, but I think a lot of folks will be left wanting more substance and less fluff. Colligo ergo sum Edited by Lucky Cuss 07/02/2014 01:22 am Report this Post to the Staff

lyingliberty New Member 31 Posts	Posted 07/02/2014 02:08 am The 1976, Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars, Encyclopedia Book. By Leroy Van Allen and A.George Mallis is great for identifying VAMs. I've included the link to the Amazon listing below. http://www.amazon.com/Comprehensive...p/0668040211 Here's also a list of other coin books the forum has going: https://goccf.com/t/174749 Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9793 Posts	Posted 07/02/2014 2:06 pm My favorite Morgan book is still John Highfill's Encyclopedia. Big and very comprehensive, though out of date on pricing. Wayne Millers textbook is also a very good book to have. I have only heard of Standish's new book, I have not put hands on it yet. The above link is a project MeadowView Collector and I started a few months ago. He is keeping an up to date list on his computer. I need to send in about 20 new additions for him to add to it, but it is a pretty comprehensive list so far, Not sure if he added my Morgan and Peace dollar book list from this post yet, he said he was going to. Morgan & Peace dollar book list from last year (2013) I made: https://goccf.com/t/152565 "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12300 Posts	Posted 07/03/2014 11:31 pm My guess would be that the author believed there were enough other books on Morgan dollars that sufficiently covered the topics of grading and VAMS and wanted to provide a different perspective on the coins. I haven't yet seen the book, but if it is more of a "story" book about the Morgan series vs. a technical study of it, it would likely be a book I would enjoy as I don't collect the series and have little interest in all the varieties. Just my thoughts... Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
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