Liberty Seated Collector's Club
Uniting Collectors of Liberty Seated Coinage Since 1974
Over the last few years, a number of books and electronic resources have been created to assist and educate collectors of seated coinage.
The Gobrecht Journal Collective Volumes
There are currently four volumes in this series, covering the periods 1974-1980, 1980-1985, 1985-1990, and 1990-1995. The fifth collective volume, covering 1995-2000 (Gobrecht Journal issues #63 - #79), is currently in the production stage, and the sixth, covering 2000-2005, will follow shortly thereafter. These volumes contain the collected articles of the Gobrecht Journal for the listed years, rearranged in an easy to search format by denomination and year. As many of the early issues of the Journal are scarce, the collective volumes are a convenient way to access the gathered work of the club in a single set of volumes. The following collective volumes are available:
Collective Volume I, contains Gobrecht Journal issues 1-18, December 1974 to July 1980. 390 pages. $29 per copy.
Collective Volume II, contains Gobrecht Journal issues 19-33, November 1980 to July 1985. 380 pages. $29 per copy.
Collective Volume III, contains Gobrecht Journal issues 34-48, November 1985 to July 1990. 470 pages. $34 per copy.
Collective Volume IV, contains Gobrecht Journal issues 49-63, November 1990 to July 1995. 580 pages. $44 per copy.
The collective volumes can be ordered from the LSCC President, John McCloskey.
The Gobrecht Journal Comprehensive Index
This index covers all issues from #1 to #100. It was started by Dick Osburn (originally described in GJ #67) who completed the entries through issue #76, and updated by Len Augsburger. There are over five thousand entries in the index; articles in the Gobrecht Journal are cross-referenced by each coin in a given article. Photos are noted, so you can immediately see if a photo for a given coin has ever appeared in the Journal. The index is maintained in an Excel spreadsheet (size about 800K) which can be downloaded here .
Reference Books
A number of speciality books have been written covering the various denomniations of seated coinage. All of these books are currently out of print, and we refer to the reader to used booksellers such as www.abebooks.com, www.amazon,com, etc., to locate copies. There are also a number of booksellers who specialize in numismatic literature who may have some or all of these books in stock at any given time, including George Kolbe (www.numislit.com), Charles Davis (www.abebooks.com/home/numismat), Fred Lake (www.lakebooks.com) and others. By denomination, these books include:
Bowers, Q. David. Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia. (Note: this is a two volume set - seated dollars and trade dollars are covered in volume one.)
Willem, John. The United States Trade Dollar.
Wiley, Randy and Bugert, Bill. The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars.
Briggs, Larry. The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters.
Ahwash, Kam. Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Dimes.
Greer, Brian. The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Dimes.
Valentine, Daniel W. The United States Half Dimes. (Note: originally published in 1931. There is also a 1975 reprint by Quarterman Publications.)
Blythe, Al. The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dimes.
Electronic Resources
Gerry Fortin's web-book on seated dimes is available at www.seateddimevarieties.com. This site also contains a free chat board for seated discussions.
The E-Gobrecht, regularly published since January 2005, is archived on Gerry Fortin's seated dime website at this page.
CDs & DVDs
DVDs presenting overviews of seated coinage, presented in the Numismatic Theatres at the 2004 and 2005 ANA conventions may be obtained from the ANA. Request the DVD "History and Beauty of Liberty Seated Coinage" for 2004, or the DVD "Liberty Seated Coinage of San Francisco and Carson City" for 2005.
The Gerry Fortin web-book on seated dimes is also available in CD format, see www.seateddimevarieties.com for more information.