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(Portions of this were posted to CoinPeople.com and rec.collecting.coins) --
A Guide Book of Peace Dollars by Roger W. Burdette with Barry Lovvorn (Valuations editor, Lawrence R. Stack), 2008, 277 pages, $19.95.
This is another in Whitman’s “The Official Red Book” series. The first half (176 pages) tells the full story, replete with illustrations recovered from Mint archives and other sources. The second half is the year-by-year price guide, with linear matrices of prices and certified populations, both by grade. High-magnification pictures illustrate the details of varieties. The Bibliography of 71 sources cites the usual suspects – Taxay, Breen, DeLorey, Julian, et al. – but also the collected papers of Eva Bertrand Adams, Hermon Atkins MacNeil and Henry Morgenthau, Jr., among others, including the National Archives and Records Administration holdings for three U.S. Presidents.
In the E-Sylum, Volume 12, Number 05, February 1, 2009, the author,
Roger Burdette wrote - "In researching the Peace dollar, I was fortunate to locate the mint's original project file and de Francisci's personal papers which included material not previously available. This permitted me to avoid second hand and speculative sources, while allowing the people and events surrounding the coin's creation to tell their own story."
In addition to a historically validated and citated history of the Peace Dollar, this book also includes a Year and Mint pricing by grade, accompanied with descriptions of varieties, significant examples and collecting advice for each. This high-quality book, 278 pages, color, perfect bound, costs $19.95 -- a bargain in itself.