The Investor's Guide to United States Coins
by Neil S. Berman & Silvano DiGenova,
Second Edition
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The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500
by Robert A Levinson
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Gold Coins of the World
7th edition
by Arthur L Friedberg & Ira S. Friedberg
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17th (2004) Edition of Paper Money of United States Universally-Accepted Standard Reference Features A.N.A's Bebee Collection of U.S. Currency.
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Forty-seven years after the late Robert Friedberg (1912-1963) broke new ground when the government granted permission to print photographs of American paper money for the first time, the sixteenth edition of Paper Money of the United States has been published by The Coin & Currency Institute of Clifton, N.J. This is the sixteenth fully revised edition of the standard reference work since the original version in 1953. This one, by Arthur L. Friedberg and his brother, Ira S. Friedberg, includes color photographs illustrating the collection of the American Numismatic Association in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From the first year of paper money, 1861, to the present, the fronts and backs of all classes and types of currency, from 3 cents to 10,000 dollars are illustrated. There are more than 800 photographs. These are accompanied by text which lists, describes and evaluates (more than 8,000 prices) every variety of paper money issued. The result is a complete pictorial, descriptive and numismatic history of the currency of the United States. There are also sections on Colonial and Continental Currency (notes issued from 1680 to 1788), a comprehensive listing by type of the issues of the Confederate States of America, and a complete listing of National Bank issuers. New to this edition is a section of the Treasury Notes of the War of 1812, which are considered by some to be the first national currency. Those who collect paper money depend on the Friedberg Numbering System,© a uniform method of cataloguing currency that is accepted as the international standard for American currency. The numbering shorthand, along with hundreds of black and white photographs, enables anyone to instantly locate a specific banknote, and allows a dealer to advertise a note without need of extensive description. Those who thought that U.S. currency was just a monotonous progression of "greenbacks" will be pleasantly surprised. A full twenty pages of color illustrations show American paper money as indisputable works of art and beauty. The notes represent the core of one of the world's finest assemblages of American paper money - that of the Aubrey and Adeline Bebee Collection at the American Numismatic Association. The Bebees, late of Omaha, Nebraska formed a nearly complete collection of United States large size notes and bequeathed it to the A.N.A. Not only are many of the specimens in the finest state of preservation possible, but some are also so extremely rare that they may only be seen on the pages of the book or at the Association. The attractive, hard-bound book also includes a price appreciation chart showing the advancement in value of U.S. currency from 1953 to the present. The price escalation, particularly for choice specimens of paper money has continued virtually unabated since the last edition of the book in 1998. Auction and private sale prices have moved to record levels, which the pricing guide portion of the book reveals. Leading experts from across the country participated in providing information, including 75 active dealers who provided current pricing.
The 340 page hardbound book retails for $38.75 (+$4.50 P&H).