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    Roger Burdette's Saint Gaudens Double Eagles Book

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    10 hours ago, GoldFinger1969 said:

    I'll let Roger respond first, but if you want me to put down some of the sources that he uses that repeat most often, let me know.

    Thanks GoldFinger1969, but you keep on reading the book.  I'll just chill out and see what you and others bring up. I like the parts about the Gold Standard section and the details on various issues of corruption and playing loose with rules you bring up. Carry on. :applause:

    "Drop me a PM (or post here) with the main questions you have. I might be able to point you to sources. Are you comfortable reading French and German ? That would help. "

    Thanks Roger, I'll shoot over a PM on the side. Heh...Google Translate is my friend. It's promising to me you aren't getting your research off FOIA requests and sitting in libraries for hours. I am curious for your book, do you go into depth with DE counterfeits or what happens after mint production stops? I have noticed that when one country uses popular coins from another country (like the way Ecuador uses Sacagawea coins), you start getting counterfeits or stockpiling of certain years. Similar happened to US gold in Europe, and apparently a lot of countries as I understand. 

    Roger Burdette's Saint Gaudens Double Eagles Book

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    This thread is awesome!!! :bigsmile: Thanks to OP for starting it and thanks to @RWB for posting about his book. I don't collect DE but it sounds like there's a lot of other information in the book I'll have to check it out. 

    @RWB I was soooper curious how you find your source information? Is it you are you sitting in the ANA library everyday, or are you firing off FIOA requests to some lonely custodian of records in the basement at the treasury dept? I never would have thought to check out books on banana wars, or that there was a Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce that existed, let alone put together tables to pull information on coins from. 

    Not trying to hijack the thread, but I've studied a little on European and US trade during and right after WW2 and I can't find the answers I'm looking for. It's a real struggle. I sorta gave up but apparently you figured out a good way to find this information.