Carson City Morgan Dollars, 3rd Edition

The guide for coin collectors and dealers focuses on the silver dollars produced at the Carson City Mint in Nevada from 1870 to 1893. Some three million of them were discovered in the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C, in 1964, referred to as the General Services Administration (GSA) hoard. Articles on specific types of coins include photographs of whole coins and details, valuations, condition census, collector insights, and variety notes. A 33-page introduction discusses such matters as the great California gold rush, the US mint at Carson City, the panic of 1893, and procedures to sell the Carson City dollar hoard. Another chapter offers advice on the collecting the dollars. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)