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 Posted 04/29/2007  5:18 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Ken_3567 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm not sure if anyone can help but any direction would be greatly appreciated.

A friend of mine inherited a rather large currency & coin collection . Unfortunately, she had no or little knowledge of either hobby so she dropped me a line and I helped with the coins. But with my knowledge of currency limited all we did was order some currency sleeves to protect the bills . After protecting the currency I advised her that education is the next step before talking to anyone else and luckily she is a very patient person and is willing to take advice to heart.

That is where this request comes in. Can anyone recommend some good currency books? In particular history, grading, and valuations.

Thanks,
Ken

P.S.
just an FYI, the best coin she inherited was an 1894 Morgan that was XF which she submitted to ANACS (the rest were common date Morgans & Peace). Probably the only time in my life I'll ever get to hold that coin and its not mine
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 Posted 04/30/2007  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gatzdon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Paper Money of the United States by Friedberg is probably the best reference you will find. Whenever you see a FR # for a note, it's that book that they are referring to.
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You can get any version from the library to start.

While the prices in the book will not be current, they will show the price relative to other notes in the same series.

Then search the internet (e.g. ebay) and find current selling prices for each note. For notes in which you cannot find an identical, finding one in the same series is good enough. You can extrapolate your notes going value by adjusting for condition and relative scarcity as identified in the Friedberg catalog you do find.
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Thanks gatzdon...you now have me on the hunt for it.

I also got impatient and ordered Guide Book of United States Currency by Ken Bressett so hopefully between these two books it will be a start.
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