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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dursin, post: 562238, member: 17425&quot;]Welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay is a good place to buy notes, however I probably wouldn&#039;t go so far as to say it&#039;s the best.&nbsp; You can find some amazing deals there, but you can just as easily wind up overpaying for something if you aren&#039;t familiar with what you&#039;re looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for books, that list RickieB directed you to is a good starting point. My favorite book by far on that list is The Comprehensive Catalog of U.S. Paper Money.&nbsp; If you obtain that one, make sure you get the 7th edition as it is much improved over the previous....also, the 6th was printed over 10 years ago! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; My second favorite book is the Red Book.&nbsp; I also keep a copy of the Blackbook price guide at work just because it&#039;s cheap and easy to throw in a desk drawer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a few of my favorite resources to help get you started.</p><p><br /></p><p>Super informative site on small size currency. Make sure you click Site Map as some great info is buried in there that you might otherwise miss.</p><p><a href="http://www.uspapermoney.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uspapermoney.info/" rel="nofollow">http://www.uspapermoney.info/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting general info site, primarily focused on smalls size notes...as am I. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.friesian.com/notes.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.friesian.com/notes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.friesian.com/notes.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Online price guide.&nbsp; Sort of rough and simple, but good for a quick lookup when you don&#039;t have access to anything else.</p><p><a href="http://www.ewebnation.com/swcgs/Currency_Price_Guide/Currency_Price_Guide_index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ewebnation.com/swcgs/Currency_Price_Guide/Currency_Price_Guide_index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ewebnation.com/swcgs/Currency_Price_Guide/Currency_Price_Guide_index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting overview on grading standards.&nbsp; Not sure how accurate, but I like the pictures!&nbsp; Also has some general price ranges on large size notes.&nbsp; Can&#039;t vouch for their accuracy though as my focus is on small size notes.</p><p><a href="http://www.oldcurrencyvalues.com/GradingCurrency.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oldcurrencyvalues.com/GradingCurrency.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldcurrencyvalues.com/GradingCurrency.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, to help you browse places to spend your money, an interesting link on the Collectors Universe Paper Money Forums (the only other decent forums I&#039;ve found besides this one) which consolidates posts on where to buy currency:</p><p><a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=23&amp;threadid=401912&amp;highlight_key=y&amp;keyword1=spend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=23&amp;threadid=401912&amp;highlight_key=y&amp;keyword1=spend" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=23&amp;threadid=401912&amp;highlight_key=y&amp;keyword1=spend</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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