Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States - A Complete Encyclopedia
Q. David Bowers
About the Author
Q. David Bowers is the author of over three dozen books on various subjects, primarily numismatics. Titles include The History of United States Coinage (written for The Johns Hopkins University), United States Gold Coins: An Illustrated History, Coins and Collectors, The American Numismatic Association Centennial History (2 volumes, 1,742 pages, written for the ANA, published 1991), Commemorative Coins of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia, and others. More of his books have won Book of the Year Award honors given by the Numismatic Literary Guild and Robert Friedberg Award honors given by the Professional Numismatists Guild than have the works of any other author.
He is an award-winning columnist for two periodicals: Coin World and The Numismatist.
Q. David Bowers served as president of the Professional Numismatists Guild (1977-1979) and the American Numismatic Association (1983-1985). He is a recipient of the highest honors given by those organizations, The Founders' Award and the Farran Zerbe Award. A 1960 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from that institution's College of Business Administration in 1976.
With Raymond N. Merena, he is owner of Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc. and Auctions by Bowers and Merena, Inc., of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
His books in other fields include The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments (a 1,008-page work selected by the American Library Association as one of the most valuable reference books of the year), The Moxie Encyclopedia (the history of a famous beverage), Nickelodeon Theatres (a history of early movie theatres), A Guide Book of Automatic Musical Instruments, Treasures of Mechanical Music (with Arthur Reblitz), Harrison Fisher (with Ellen H. Budd; biography of the artist), Muriel Ostriche: Princess of Silent Films (biography of the actress), and the forthcoming Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History (to be published in three volumes; history of one of America's premier silent film studios).