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8th edition

by Arthur L. Friedberg & Ira S. Friedberg
based on the original work by Robert Friedberg

• On 5 Continents.
• In more than 50 countries.
• Wherever gold coins are bought and sold.
• The unique standard reference.
• New. Revised. Expanded.
• Now, bigger and more complete than ever!

50th Anniversary Edition

• This indispensible classic includes:
• 800 pages, completely revised and updated.
• More than 8,000 photos, over a thousand of them new.
• 21,000+ listings of coin types, with sections expanded and many new discoveries.
• From the 6th century B.C. to date — over 2,500 years of gold coinage from ancient Greece to modern Zambia.
• The universally-used FriedbergTMNumbering System: The world’s standard method of cataloging, describing, buying and selling gold coins.
• Contemporary (post-1950) coinage now integrated in alphabetical order with all other issues.
• Tables of weight and fineness with each country. Market valuations in two states of preservation.
• A directory of the world’s leading gold coin dealers.
• Unsurpassed in content and scope. A must for every collector, dealer and library.
• Hard cover, sewn binding. 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (A4)

This is the first book on this fascinating subject since Albert Frey wrote The Dated European Coinage Prior to 1501 in 1915. Levinson approaches the subject both differently and more thoroughly than Frey.
The book focuses on the eight distinct regions in which coins were issued:
• Germany • Southern Netherlands
• Northern Netherlands • Habsburg lands
• Switzerland • Scandinavia
• Italy • France
and organizes the known pre-1501 Anno Domini dated coins chronologically within each region.
For the first time, there is for each of the nearly 1200 coins listed (twice as many as in the Frey work), the full legends, descriptions, ruler names, references, weights and rarity.
There are nearly 1000 photographs and line drawings, an extraordinary undertaking given the extreme rarity of the majority of the coins.
The book is in four parts: the first is a lengthy history of early dated coinage, including discussions of the types, metallurgy, classifications, etc.
The second part is the 173 page catalogue of coinage, divided into the eight regions.
The third part is a listing, again by region, of all the states issuing early dated coinage, with a history of each state’s coinage and a cross-reference to all the coins listed in the catalogue.
The fourth part contains eight appendices with alphabetical listings, translations of legends, a photographic glossary of coin types, a listing of early dated coinage using Islamic script, and other useful information.
Along with the book, at no additional charge, is a loose-leaf price guide.
• Large (A4) format, hard bound
• 284 pages

Second Edition
By Neil S. Berman & Silvano DiGenova, Numismatists
Statistical Research by Dr. Jason Perry, Financial Economist Boston Federal Reserve Bank

The first edition of this book was revolutionary in its approach to the buying and selling of rare coins. Collectors and investors were told that if they followed empirical models of price performance and investment return, not only would they profit handsomely, but their coin purchases would also outperform traditional investment vehicles.
For this new edition, the well-known professional numismatist Silvano DiGenova and Dr. Jason Perry, Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, have joined the book’s original author, Neil S. Berman to fully update the contents, taking into account the steady acceleration in rare coin prices, changes in trading practices, the revolution in grading standards, and external factors affecting the buying and selling of coins. The result is a no-holds-barred look at today’s evolving market that is indispensible to experienced collectors and investors as well as neophytes.
Included is an extensive price history of all United States coins from 1955 to date, with notable auction results and listings of key dates. The numerous charts of data and illustrative graphs interspersed throughout will be useful to dealers and collectors alike in forming strategies to take advantage of what will be one of the great growth areas of the 21st century.

• 5.75 x 8.75 format
• 320 pages
• Hard bound

3rd Edition

Years in the making.
A necessity for every dealer and collector of large size U.S. currency.

This is the third edition of the book that revolutionized the way we look at the this fascinating area of paper money collecting.
 • Its all here, every one of the 6,296 Star Note serial numbers reported is listed -- Legal Tender Notes, Silver Certificates, Federal Reserve Bank Notes, Federal Reserve Notes, and Gold Certificates.
 • Information available nowhere else
 • Fully illustrated
 • Prices given for each known note in five grades
 • With new Murray numbers in addition to the standard Friedberg numbers
 • Illustrated research on Large Size Mules and face plate number standardization
 • 160 pages
 • 5 3/4 x 9 inches

By Arthur L. Friedberg and Ira S. Friedberg

This is the 2006 edtion of the book and the few remaining are available at this highly discounted price.

* Large Size Notes    * Small Size Notes    * Fractional Currency
* New: Complete listing of Large Size Star Notes
* New: United States Paper Money Errors
* Encased Postage Stamps    * Uncut Sheets
* Colonial and Continental Currency    * War of 1812
* Confederate States
* Prices in up to five conditions
* Price history chart  (1953 - 2006)
* Twenty-four pages of  illustrations in color
* Nearly a thousand photos
* The universally- used Friedberg Numbers© —  America’s standard  for describing U.S. currency 
* Complete listing of note-issuing National Banks
* Complete signature listing for U.S. currency
* Directory of paper money dealers
* 352 information- packed pages
* 8½ x 11 inches    * Hard cover    * Sewn binding
* ISBN 087184-518-0

* The new and improved must-have book for Fractional Currency
* Rarity guide for each listing
* Latest price trends: Values in up to eight conditions
* Every note now shown in color
* The universally-used Friedberg Numbering System. The standard method for describing US currency
* Invaluable appendices with information found nowhere else
* Hundreds of photos  
* 200 pages 
* Convenient & handy 6x9 format
 

This is the Second Edition of “The Collectors Guide to Postage & Fractional Currency” by Robert J. Kravitz. The highly acclaimed First 1st Edition winner of the PCDA 2004 Literary Award from the Professional Currency Dealers Association (PCDA). This updated edition reflects not  only the latest trends in prices for Postage & Fractional Currency, but more information on the history of this aspect of our numismatic heritage.
Mr. Kravitz has been researching, collecting and dealing in Postage and Fractional Currency since 1968 and is recognized as one of the leading experts in this field.

 The Pocket Change of the Civil War

The following is from Harper’s Weekly January 11th, 1862: “On 28th of December, 1861, the New York City banks suspended specie payments. Their example would be followed by the banks of Philadelphia and Boston, and the Government of the United States.”

“Specie Payment” means the banks would not redeem paper money for coins. Because the country was embroiled in a Civil War, with the outcome uncertain as to which side would prevail, people began hoarding all the copper, silver and gold coins since paper money had no intrinsic value. Soon, the coins became worth more than their face value.

Because of the depletion of coins from circulation, merchants began having problems giving change for purchases. As a result, people began using Postage Stamps as change. Congress went ahead and adopted the idea of using stamps to make change, and it became law when President Lincoln signed it on July 17th, 1862.

This proved to be unworkable as the stamps soon became dirty, sticky and unfit for use. They were just not designed to be used over and over again. Treasurer of the United States, Francis E. Spinner took the idea of using stamps as currency to the next level. He pasted unused U.S. Postage stamps on bits of Treasure paper cut of a uniform size for the convenience of handling, and signed them. Congress liked the idea and Postage Currency was born.

In August 1862 the Federal Government issued Postage Currency with the likeness of stamps on the notes. These were eagerly accepted, as the new way to make change. The notes were issued in 5¢, 10¢, 25¢ and 50¢ denominations. These notes were soon counterfeited, which created the need to issue a new design. The new notes were called Fractional Currency. Soon, Fractional Currency became the pocket change of the North during the Civil War.

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Coming second week of June, 2013. 

Since 1953, the definitive standard reference on paper money.

Completely revised & updated

20th edition

by Arthur L. Friedberg & Ira S. Friedberg
based on the original work by Robert Friedberg

Now available in THREE versions:

• Hard cover library edition with sewn binding:     
    List price $67.50.  (ISBN 978-087184-720-1)

• Covenient, easy to carry soft cover:
    List price $42.50.  (ISBN 978-087184-520-7)

• E-book. List price $29.50.  (ISBN 978-0-87184-020-2)

• All illustrations in color
• 800+ photos 
• 328 pages
• The universally-used Friedberg Numbering System,™ the standard method for describing United States
currency
• Colonial and Continental Currency
• Treasury Notes of the War of 1812          
• Confederate States of America
• Large Size Notes          
• Small Size Notes 
• Fractional Currency          
• Encased Postage Stamps
• Error Notes        
• Uncut Sheets
• Paper money mules          
• Postage Envelopes
• Prices in up to 7 conditions
• Full listing of note-issuing National Banks with amount of notes known per bank
• Complete signature listing for U.S. currency
• Directory of the leading paper money dealers

by Franceso Pastrone

This book has been the bible on the coins of France since it was first published in 1973. It is literally the French red book and in France, it in fact goes by the name "Le Rouge"  (The Red)

It has information of all French coins minted since the revolution of 1789 presented in chronological order by denomination (smallest to largest). It  includes: metal, fineness, weight, diameter, edge, engraver's name and privy marks. Mintage figures are provided by date and mint mark for each denomination, along with the current values in euros in up to five grades.

Also includes obsidional coinage for the sieges of Mainz and Antwerp and special sections on commemorative coins, coins of Monaco (1819-2009), coins of Corsica (1736, 1762-68), coins of Saarland (1954-55), and a illustrated guide ofall privy marks.

480 pages

5.8 x 8.2 inches

Published by Editions Victor Gadoury, Monaco