US Currency 8th Edition

This popular guide book, now in its eighth edition and illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, tells the story of paper money in the United Suites from the 1800s to today. Whether you actively collect U.S. currency, or you simply have a few old notes you want to look up, you will find a wealth of valuable information inside. Illustrations of large-size, small-size, and Fractional Currency notes, Listings of every series, arranged by Friedberg number, Market prices in up to seven collectible grades, Historical background on each series and denomination, from $1 to $10,000, Collector information: grading, supply and demand, how to specialize, housing your collection, detecting counterfeits, A glossary of collector terms, World War II issues, uncut sheets, error notes, and much more, Other Whitman Publishing books on paper money include The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes, A Guide Book of Southern States Currency, A Guide Book of United States Paper Money, Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Paper Money, A Guide Book of Counterfeit Confederate Currency, Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money, and the Collectors Guide to Modern Federal Reserve Notes.

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US Currency 8th Edition

This popular guide book, now in its eighth edition and illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, tells the story of paper money in the United Suites from the 1800s to today. Whether you actively collect U.S. currency, or you simply have a few old notes you want to look up, you will find a wealth of valuable information inside. Illustrations of large-size, small-size, and Fractional Currency notes, Listings of every series, arranged by Friedberg number, Market prices in up to seven collectible grades, Historical background on each series and denomination, from $1 to $10,000, Collector information: grading, supply and demand, how to specialize, housing your collection, detecting counterfeits, A glossary of collector terms, World War II issues, uncut sheets, error notes, and much more, Other Whitman Publishing books on paper money include The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes, A Guide Book of Southern States Currency, A Guide Book of United States Paper Money, Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Paper Money, A Guide Book of Counterfeit Confederate Currency, Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money, and the Collectors Guide to Modern Federal Reserve Notes.

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US Currency 8th Edition

US Currency 8th Edition

by Whitman
US Currency 8th Edition

US Currency 8th Edition

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This popular guide book, now in its eighth edition and illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, tells the story of paper money in the United Suites from the 1800s to today. Whether you actively collect U.S. currency, or you simply have a few old notes you want to look up, you will find a wealth of valuable information inside. Illustrations of large-size, small-size, and Fractional Currency notes, Listings of every series, arranged by Friedberg number, Market prices in up to seven collectible grades, Historical background on each series and denomination, from $1 to $10,000, Collector information: grading, supply and demand, how to specialize, housing your collection, detecting counterfeits, A glossary of collector terms, World War II issues, uncut sheets, error notes, and much more, Other Whitman Publishing books on paper money include The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes, A Guide Book of Southern States Currency, A Guide Book of United States Paper Money, Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Paper Money, A Guide Book of Counterfeit Confederate Currency, Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money, and the Collectors Guide to Modern Federal Reserve Notes.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780794847296
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Publication date: 10/29/2019
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 135,168
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Q. David Bowers iv

Preface iv

Condition: Grades and Terms v

How to Detect Counterfeits vii

Treasury Notes of the War of 1812 x

Terms of Treasury Officials-Large-Size Notes xii

Large-Size Currency

United States or Legal Tender Notes 1

Silver Certificates 38

National Bank Notes 70

National Gold Bank Notes 105

Federal Reserve Bank Notes 110

Federal Reserve Notes 116

Gold Certificates 130

Treasury or Coin Notes 137

Demand Notes of 1861 147

Interest-Bearing Notes 149

Error or Misprinted Notes 153

Star Numbered Notes 156

Fractional Currency 157

Postage Currency 169

Fractional Currency 175

Fractional Shields 208

Counterfeit Fractional Currency 209

United States Small-Size Currency 212

Small-Size Currency 222

United States Notes-Red Seal 222

Silver Certificates-Blue Seal 228

National Currency-Brown Seal 237

Federal Reserve Bank Notes-Brown Seal 242

Federal Reserve Notes-Green Seal 246

Gold Certificates-Gold Seal 315

World War II Issues 320

Uncut Sheets of Currency 323

Error Notes 329

Glossary 337

Bibliography 339

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