This reference is for dealers and collectors of Peace silver dollars (1921-1935). It was written by Leroy C. Van Allen, often described as the father of silver dollar varieties. He is best known for his opus, "The Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace Silver Dollars". This reference provides copious pictures and written description of the known die gouges and scratches found on Peace Silver dollars. While common Peace silver dollars may be worth about $70 in 2026, rare die varieties such as those illustrated in this book, may be worth thousands of dollars. You would not know this unless you had this reference.
Mr. Van Allen has authored more than 20 books on Morgan and Peace silver dollarvarieties. With numerous numismatic awards, he is considered by most as the father of Morgan & Peace silver dollar. This is the definitive reference for attributing die gouges and scratches of VAM Morgan silver dollar varieties. Leroy C. Van Allen co-authored his opus, "The Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace Silver Dollars. This book is edited by noted silver dollar expert, Michael S. Fey, Ph.D. This book has extensive descriptions and photos of the known Morgan dollar varieties with die gouges and scratches. Common varieties as well as rare die varieties worth substantial premiums are listed in this book and easy to attribute with copious photos. It's quite possible that one of your silver dollars currently worth about $70 in 2026 could be a rare die variety worth thousands of dollars. You would not know this unless you compared your silver dollar to the pictures given in this book. A must have reference for collectors, investors and dealers in silver dollars. Morgan silver dollars are perhaps the most popular and collected type coin in numismatics today.
Fey was elected to the Board of Governors of the 26,000 member American Numismatic Association (ANA) from 2005-2007. He currently serves on the ANA Advisory Board. He was the Senior Instructor for the ANA Summer Seminar at the Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO for more than 20 years, served on the ANA Consumer Protection Committee, and loaned rare silver dollars for display in the ANA Museum. He has authored several reference books on Morgan dollars and published a quarterly newsletter for 10 years (A Decade of Top 100 Insights), but is perhaps best known as a co-author with his mentor silver dollar expert, Jeff Oxman, for The Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties: The VAM Keys. Fey has received many numismatic awards, has been a speaker at major numismatic national conventions. He has discovered more than 50 new Morgan dollar varieties as well as dozens of new varieties in other U.S. and foreign coin series.
