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Getting real interested in currency collecting and would like to purchase some good books, guides, etc... What does everyone recommend?
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Paper Money Values magazine by Coin World and Paper Money of the United States by Arthur and Ira Friedberg.
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Thank you John, anybody else have any suggestions?
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The Greysheet offers the currency version called the "Greensheet." Look up their website.
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The suggestions so far are just value guides. Is this what you are looking for or do you want book suggestions for reading and learning about paper money? If so, then it would be helpful to know what area of paper money you want to concentrate on. like coins, paper money has alot of different ways to collect. Usually people start with the current small size notes. In small size you can collect by district, web notes, star notes, error notes, silver certificates, legal tender notes and many more ways. I personally collect obso;ete notes from the county I live in. They are interesting and historically significant. The is also colonial notes from the states, continental notes, national bank notes, miltary payment certificates (MPC) and large size notes. All of these are open for a collector to get into and each one has books devoted to it. I would suggest picking one area and buying a book about it to build your collection from that point. After saying all that, if you want an all round general book to help you pick a direction I would suggest U. S. Paper Money Guide and Handbook by Carlson R. Chambliss. This book has a chapter on each of the areas you can go into containing alot of great information.
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Thanks fcrazo I've seen what you're talking about at my local coin shop they use it. Thank you pyrbob for all that info, right now I'm mainly into small size error and putting together a full set of FRB star notes from 1963b to present. I also have a good amount of silver cert stars.
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There is an excellant book on paper money errors by Frederick Bart.
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Try the "Standard Guide To Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 1928-Date" by Dean Oakes and John Schwartz. This has been a great book and kinda gives you an idea as to which notes in a year series is a Key note.
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