Hardcover, 208 pages.

Whitman Publishing has just announced the release of The Fantastic 1804 Dollar, Tribute Edition, by Eric P. Newman and Kenneth E. Bressett, and you can order one right now from Stack's, at a discount price!

"In all the history of numismatics of the entire world, there is not today and there never has been a single coin which was and is the subject of so much romance, interest, comment. . . ."

Numismatic impresario B. Max Mehl made this remark back in 1941 -and it still holds today.

With all the publicity and honor showered on the famous 1804 silver dollar, the "King of American Coins" remains the hobby's most celebrated and intriguing rarity.

This new book is a commemorative reissue of The Fantastic 1804 Dollar (1962), the groundbreaking study by hobby legends Eric Newman and Kenneth Bressett. It celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the start of their collaboration.

A complete reprint of the original book is expanded with several new, full-color chapters. The additional material includes:

• An afterword describing the dramatic circumstances of the first edition's publication;
• An update and remembrance with the authors;
• A look at the 1947 Red Book's coverage of the 1804 dollar;
• An illustrated biography of Edmund Roberts, who took the original "diplomatic gift" 1804 dollars to Asia;
• A complete registry of known specimens;
• A list of their present locations;
• Color and black-and-white enlargements of the coins themselves (all three classes); and
• Photographs of the King of Siam Proof set.

"The first edition of this classic book has been out of print for years," said Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. "Now, with the new Tribute Edition, every coin collector has the opportunity to learn about these fascinating coins, from two of the hobby's greatest writers."