num_pages: 196
description: When So-Called Dollars was published in 1963 it was the first and more than forty years later it remains the only book on this specialized series of exposition commemorative and monetary medals approximating dollar size. Beginning with the legendary Erie Canal Completion issues of 1826 135 years of American history is reflected in the array of issues catalogued here. While holding true to the original in style and substance prices have skyrocketed and much is new... Many more illustrations. More historical information. More listings including previously .unknown metal varieties and totally new items. Sizes will be listed in mm rather than in 16ths of an inch as in the 1963 edition. Loose-leaf price guide included at no additional charge. Large 8.5 x 11 inch format. Section of color plates.
language: English
title: So-Called Dollars
publisher: Coin & Currency Institute, Inc.