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    Review Of A Guide Book Of Morgan Dollars, 6th Edition

    May 31, 2019 4 minutes
    Mike Thorne, Ph.D.

    At the end of my last column, I mentioned that you might decide to specialize in one or more series of U.S. coins, and, if so, you would want to add relevant books to your numismatic library. The book I’ll review in this column would be appropriate if you choose Morgan dollars. It’s the new 6th edition of A Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars, by Q. David Bowers.

    Nowadays, the Morgan dollar is an extremely popular collectible. As Adam Crum puts it in the Foreword, “ . . . the Morgan silver dollar is likely the most widely collected coin in all numismatics.” It

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