num_pages: 288
description: The silver Peace dollar issued from 1921 through 1935 was a coin that commemorated the end of the most traumatic war in human history. In the Guide Book of Peace Dollars award-winning author Roger W. Burdette explores these fascinating and collectible coins covering every date and mintmark of America s last 90% silver dollar. He also studies the mysterious 1964-D Peace dollar as well as Proofs patterns trial pieces errors and misstrikes countermarks die varieties and famous collections. Burdette explores the origins and history of the Peace dollar (including the American Numismatic Association s involvement) early designs and casts the coin s production process ways to collect preservation the market effect of hoards and meltings and unusual examples. Other features include a coin-by-coin analysis with market values and certified population data biographies of key participants in the Peace dollar s story Van Allen Mallis numbers a bibliography and more. The classic Peace dollar evokes the end of the Great War the celebrations of the Roaring Twenties fancy cars and flappers Great Gatsby style riches and the dramatic stock-market crash of 1929. Roger Burdette has captured the romance of these large silver coins including the mysterious 1964 and shows you how to form a valuable high-quality collection. Q. David Bowers
language: English
title: A Guide Book of Peace Dollars
publisher: Whitman Publishing