Q. David Bowers
Norman Talbert provided coins for photography. Don Taxay, for a period of years in the 1960s, conversed and corresponded concerning restrikes, Mint history, and other matters. Anthony Terranova corresponded concerning an 1884 trade dollar he handled and discussed rarities in the 1794-1803 series. R. Tettenhorst provided pedigree information and a 1795 silver dollar for illustration. Kenneth G. Townsend corresponded about Cobrecht dollars. David Enders Tripp provided data concerning Virgil Brand's purchases of rarities.
Robert Vallone corresponded concerning an 1878-S trade dollar variety. Leroy A. Van Allen reviewed the manuscript sections for Morgan and Peace dollars and made valuable suggestions; he also provided information concerning trade dollars with die doubling. Frank Van Talen made important suggestions and contributed much to the Eisenhower and Susan B. Anthony sections. Mark Van Winkle sent information concerning trade dollar varieties, Lauren Vaughan of the U.S. Mint Office of Public Affairs provided information concerning Susan B. Anthony dollars, their distribution, and the current (1993) storage arrangements Of undistributed supplies. Cornelius Vermeule granted permission to quote from his book, Numismatic Art in America. Jeffrey Vogel sent information about an 1876-S trade dollar.
Jack Wadlington lent a specimen of a Proof 1853 dollar. and furnished other information. Richard Wagner sent information concerning an. 1836 Gobrecht dollar. Don Whaley corresponded about an 1836 Gobrecht dollar. Robert T. Whigham, Jr. corresponded about varieties of trade dollars. Jack White sent information concerning the 1876-CC trade dollar with doubled die reverse. Weimar W. White. reviewed much of the manuscript, corresponded frequently, and made numerous valuable suggestions, particularly in the Liberty Seated silver dollar section; in addition, he furnished two photographs. Larry Whitlow corresponded concerning certain rarities he has handled over the years. Rick Wilcox corresponded concerning his experiences in collecting silver dollars. Adna G. Wilde, Jr. corresponded concerning trade dollar varieties. Lisa Williams discussed a rare silver dollar variety with the author. Douglas Winter provided valuable information on silver dollars 1794-1803, Liberty Seated dollars, and trade dollars. Sheldon Wirt made an 1851 restrike dollar available for study.
Mark Yaffe provided information about an 1804 silver dollar he bought and sold in 1989.
The author gratefully acknowledges Cliff Mishler and Krause Publications, copyright holders of M.H. Bolender's 1950 work, The United States Early Silver Dollars from 1794 to 1803, for permission to use verbatim die descriptions (which in any event have mostly been modified for use in the present text). The extensive research of Douglas Winter was also utilized for early dollars.
For Morgan and Peace dollars, the author is grateful for permission given by the authors to use excerpts and/or cross-references to the following books: John Highfill: The Comprehensive U.S. Silver Dollar Encyclopedia; Wayne Miller: The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook; Leroy C. Van Allen and A. George Mallis: Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace Dollars.
Walter H. Breen provided data revised in many instances from that in Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins. Kenneth E. Bressett and Ed Metzger, of the Whitman Division of Western Publishing Co., granted permission to use historical prices from A Guide Book of U.S. Coins. Robert Korver gave permission to quote from The Coin Dealer Newsletter and The Certified Coin Dealer Newsletter.
Coin World, Numismatic News, and The Numismatist each published the author's call for information concerning certain aspects of silver dollar history, varieties, and other areas, and granted permission to quote information from their pages.
Amos Press and Beth Deisher, of Coin World, provided historical information (particularly concerning the Treasury releases of silver dollars in the early 1960s) and granted permission to quote from Keith Zaner's "Trends" listings.
Bowers and Merena Galleries credits: Mark Borckardt, senior numismatist at Bowers and Merena Galleries, studied the silver dollar market from the 1860s to date, compiled price histories, formulated die linkages for early silver dollars, copy read much of the text, did much research work (especially with prices and auction appearances of 1794-1803 dollars), and helped in many other ways. The composition, layout, and formatting was by the Graphics Department of Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc. Lee Lilljedahl, Graphics department manager: proofreading; Roberta French: typesetting and production; Sarah Cochrane: formatting; Jennifer Meers: project coordination, formatting. Others who helped: Kristen Aiton, Linda Heilig, and William Winter. Cathy Dumont photographed and printed nearly all of the 55 mm. coin pictures. Susan Novak did much work on "The Year in History" segments from the year 1922 onward, and helped with correspondence and research. Andrew W. Pollock III helped with certain technical information, read the manuscript, studied the market for 1794-1804 dollars, and made many valuable suggestions. Raymond N. Merena helped coordinate the project and assisted in other ways.
My book, Commemorative Coins of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia, was used for much of the information pertaining to commemorative silver dollars from 1900 to 1991; certain credits in that book are not repeated in the above acknowledgements.
Other credits are given in the text, footnotes, and bibliography.
R.W. Julian acknowledges the help of the following in the preparation of the historical chapters of the present work:
Q. David Bowers, Walter H. Breen, Mary T. Brooks, Carl W.A. Carlson, John J. Ford, Jr., N. Neil Harris, Eleonora Hayden, Alan Herbert, Michael J. Hodder, Hope Holdcamper, Ernest E. Keusch, Donald King, Eric P. Newman, William E. Sherman, and Samuel M. Upton.