The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan by Karen Lee

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We are pleased to offer for sale The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan: America's Silver Dollar Artist by Karen M. Lee.  

Author Karen Lee is the curator of the National Numismatic Collection housed at the National Museum of American History.  In this book Lee answers the question: Who exactly was George T. Morgan?  While Morgan is very well know for his Morgan Silver Dollar coin design, Lee attempts to reveal the "man behind the coins".  She introduces Morgan's never before published personal sketch book as well as family photographs and various historical documents. 

• A foreword by Dr. Richard Doty, senior curator of the National Numismatic Collection.
• An in-depth historical background of Morgan's life.
• Morgan family photographs, personal letters, and documents.
• Behind the scene correspondences from the US Mint and Britain's Royal Mint.
• Analysis and interpretations of Morgan's drawings.
• Never before published images.
• An illustrated catalog of Morgan's American numismatic work.
• An appendix of primary source documents.