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AuldFartte Pillar of the Community United States 830 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 12:58 pm I have been bitten by the currency bug, and I want to start a type set of US currency, starting with silver certificates (small size), then small gold certs, then move to some large sized notes. What book would you recommend I get first? I'd like something basic that a newbie could readily use. Thanks !!! Report this Post to the Staff

imanangel0686 Valued Member United States 270 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 1:41 pm The book that I love and works great is the "Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 1928 to Date" 7 Edition Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 2:13 pm http://www.joelscoins.com/bookus.htm here are a few of his books for a reference BOOKS - US CURRENCY (title/author) Retail Our Price 100 Greatest American Currency Notes, Bowers/Sundman. HB w/ DJ. Whitman. 2006. 10.5"x12". 134 pgs. $29.95 $27.50 117.127.07 The Official 2007 Blackbook Price Guide to U S Paper Money (soft) $6.99 $6.50 117.174.6 Standard Guide to Small Size U S paper Money - 1928-date/Oaks (soft) 6th Ed. $24.95 $22.95 117.114.19 Standard Catalog of U S Paper Money - 19th Edition/Krause (hard) $24.95 $22.50 117.176 The Early Paper Money of America - 4th Edition/Newman (hard) $75.00 $67.50 117.194 Fractional Money by Neil Carothers -1988 Bowers reprint. 350+ pgs OOP $19.95 $19.95 117.199 Guide Book to United States Currency/Bressett (soft) $15.95 $14.50 117.242 Comprehensive Catalog of U S Paper Money/Hessler & Chambliss 7th ed. Soft 2006 $32.95 $29.95 117.242H Comprehensive Catalog of U S Paper Money/Hessler & Chambliss 7th ed. Hardcover 2006 $39.95 $36.00 117.422 United States Fractional Currency/Valentine (soft) $12.95 $11.95 117.175 Wisconsin Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip/Krause (hard) $39.95 $36.00 117.199 A Guide Book to United States Currency - 3rd Edition/Bressett (soft) $15.95 $14.50 117.242 Comprehensive Catalog of U S Paper Money - 6th Edition/Hessler (hard) $29.95 $27.00 117.001 Paper Money of the United States/Friedberg (hard) $38.75 $34.95 117.243 U S Paper Money - Guide and Handbook/Chambliss (hard) $24.95 $22.50 117.245 U S Essay Proof & Specimen Notes/Hessler (hard) $19.95 $18.00 117.246 United States Large Size Star Notes (1910-1929) - Back in Print $25.00 $22.95 117.247 Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Ceritficates/Schwan (hard) $35.00 $31.50 117.251 Obsolete Banknotes of Pennsylvania/Wismer (soft) $16.95 $14.95 117.252 Obsolete Banknotes of New York/Wismer (soft) $24.95 $22.95 117.253 Obsolete Banknotes of Ohio/Wismer (soft) $12.95 $11.00 117.254 Obsolete Banknotes of North Carolina/Pennell (soft) $12.95 $11.00 117.742 Red Book of US Paper Money - Whitman - by Q David Bowers (2004) SB, 6" x 9", 288pp ($19.95) $19.95 $18.95 Item # BOOKS - CONFEDERATE & CIVIL WAR (title/author) Retail Our Price 118.100h.4 Patriotic Civil War Tokens by Fuld. 4th ed. HB, 359 pgs, 6x9", 1997 printing. $47.50 $39.95 118.100u Patriotic Civil War Tokens Update by Fuld. SB, 130 pgs, 6x9" $24.95 $19.95 118.129 Comprehensive Catalog of Confederate Paper Money/Criswell $34.95 $33.95 118.143 Confederate States Paper Money - 9th Edition/Slabaugh $12.95 $11.95 118.207 Confederate and Southern State Currency by Grover Criswell. 4th ed. 1992. HB, 415 pgs. $59.95 $49.95 118.250 Comprehensive Catalog and History of Confederate Bonds/Ball (hard) $40.00 $36.00 118.320 Six Book Set - Civil War Token Society Journal 1967, 5.5"x9 vol 1-30 Edited by scoutjim99 02/04/2007 2:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Tykimeister Pillar of the Community United States 882 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 3:50 pm Start off with buying $1 Silver Certificates. You can get the 1957 and 1935 notes very easily. Then get a 1934 silver certificate with the funny back. Then get a 1928 silver certificate. Then a 1923 silver certificate. All can be bought for $20 or less in good circulated condition. But that 1899 Silver Certificate is going to cost like $100+ in VF+ condition. The 1929 series notes can be fun. You can find banks that issued notes in your city or a city close by. Some are very expensive, but most are reasonable in price. FRN notes, the ones you can still find in circulation, can be fun to collect. I have lots of them, and some can be quite valuable. Ty Report this Post to the Staff
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