1963 booklet “ DIE VARIETIES OF MORGAN SILVER DOLLARS ” by F.X. KLAES

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I have a Rare 1963 booklet “ DIE VARIETIES OF MORGAN SILVER DOLLARS ” by F.X. KLAES for sale. This publication was recently featured in a Coin World article on 4/10/2014 titled “F.X. Klaes and Morgan dollars: Author pens groundbreaking work” by John Roberts.

 

I only have one booklet available. Check it out on Ebay:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121349052003?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649

 

 

 

To quote from the Coin World article:

 

“The greatest impact Klaes’ book had was finding its way into the hands of a young numismatist named Leroy Van Allen as he searched bags of dollars for 1878 dollars and better dates.

 

Figure 33 in the booklet illustrates an 1888-O Morgan dollar with dramatically doubled obverse. Shortly after seeing it pictured, Van Allen found an About Uncirculated example, now popularly referred to as the “Hot Lips” variety.

 

Van Allen credits this find as changing his focus from date collecting to the study of varieties. In a very tangible way, every dollar we now note as a VAM can trace its roots back to Van Allen’s first find and the book that showed him what to look for.

 

Today, Klaes’ book is fairly rare, much harder to find than any of the Morgan dollars it first illustrated.”