Early dollar books

[WinstonWare]

So I’ve finished my recommended reading for dbh/cbh’s. Does anyone have a recommendation for an early dollar book?

 

Thanks for any thoughts!

 

[DaveG]

The JRCS website probably has some good recommendations, but, as long as you're asking. . .

 

There's the Big Kahuna - Bowers' Silver Dollar Encyclopedia. The early dollars are in volume I. (I have it and it's a really great book!)

 

There's also a book by Jules Reiver about early dollars. (I've never looked through it, so I don't know how well regarded it is.)

[Conder101]

Reiver is basicly a redo of the Bolander (sp) book it is a little more up to date but that's it. I would recommend it for someone interested in the dollar varieties, it is easy to use and has good clear photography.

[BillJones]

Reiver is basicly a redo of the Bolander (sp) book it is a little more up to date but that's it. I would recommend it for someone interested in the dollar varieties, it is easy to use and has good clear photography.

 

And the Reiver book is CHEEP I sold the last copy of Bowers to volume set that I had for $450, and these was the soft cover version.

 

And no, I only made 10% on the sale, so please don't call me a pig.

[James_OldeTowne]

Reiver is basicly a redo of the Bolander (sp) book it is a little more up to date but that's it. I would recommend it for someone interested in the dollar varieties, it is easy to use and has good clear photography.

 

And the Reiver book is CHEEP I sold the last copy of Bowers to volume set that I had for $450, and these was the soft cover version.

 

And no, I only made 10% on the sale, so please don't call me a pig.

 

A third vote for the Reiver book. Easy to use and available. However, some of the rarity ratings are off, and a very few die states are missing from certain die marriages. That said, it is THE place to start for attributing any bust dollar.

[jesbroken]

Winston, "The U.S. Early Silver Dollars 1794-1803" by Jules Reiver is full of information not readily available on this series of coins. Its small but packed full of info. Amazon currently offers several new copies starting below $13. Good luck and great reading.

 

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[WinstonWare]

Thanks guys. I appreciate it (thumbs u

[michael]

go to cardinals early dollar website they got a no brainer insufficiently_thoughtful_persons guide to attributing varities for the daddy dollars

 

step by step and by the last step it gives your attribution of your daddy dollar