The Great American Coins
The Story of the Morgan Silver Dollar
Born from the Comstock Lode, melted by the hundreds of millions, and rescued from government vaults: the full history of America's most collected coin, 1878 to 1921.
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The Story of the Peace Dollar
A monument to the end of the First World War, modeled on the sculptor's own bride, and the only U.S. coin ever to carry the word PEACE.
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The Liberty Head Double Eagle & the Gold Rush
Twenty dollars of California gold, three great types, and the Ship of Gold: the coin that carried America's fortune for six decades.
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The Franklin Half Dollar Story
The founder who never wanted his face on money, the Liberty Bell with its honest crack, and the friendliest complete set in silver.
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Carson City: The Mint of the Old West
A sandstone fortress beside the Comstock Lode, twenty-three years of frontier coinage, and the vault hoard that stunned the hobby a century later.
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The Treasure of the Atocha
A galleon lost to a hurricane in 1622, a sixteen-year search, and the most valuable shipwreck ever recovered. The genuine pieces of eight raised from the seabed can still be collected today.
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The 1715 Treasure Fleet
Eleven Spanish ships, one July hurricane, and the Florida coastline that has surrendered treasure for three hundred years.
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What Is a Shipwreck Coin?
Certificates, salvage grades, and pedigree: how genuine recovered treasure is documented from seabed to collection.
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Legendary Coin Collections
King Farouk, Louis Eliasberg, the Garrett dynasty, and the courtroom saga of the 1933 Double Eagle, the most famous coin in the world.
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Choosing a focus, the two rules of handling, smart storage, and buying your first coin with confidence.
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How to Read a Coin
Mint marks, mottos, designer initials, and edges: the language every coin speaks once you know where to look.
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The Collector's Glossary
From bag marks to toning, more than forty terms every collector needs, explained in plain English.
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