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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1041338, member: 19065&quot;]<b>Helpful resources of the OP</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>If primarily U.S. Currency is your interest, here are some useful links and recommended books:</b></p><p><b><br /></b> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Books for small size FRNs:</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">&quot;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guide-United-States-Paper-Official/dp/0794823629/ref=pd_sim_b_7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Guide-United-States-Paper-Official/dp/0794823629/ref=pd_sim_b_7" rel="nofollow">A Guide Book of United States Paper Money</a>&quot; 2nd Ed. (Official Red Book) </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Arthur%20Friedberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Arthur%20Friedberg" rel="nofollow">Arthur Friedberg</a> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">and </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">&quot;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Guide-Small-Size-Paper-Money/dp/1440202451/ref=pd_sim_b_8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Guide-Small-Size-Paper-Money/dp/1440202451/ref=pd_sim_b_8" rel="nofollow">Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money - 1928-Date</a>&quot; Ninth Edition </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=John%20Schwartz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=John%20Schwartz" rel="nofollow">John Schwartz</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Scott%20Lindquist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Scott%20Lindquist" rel="nofollow">Scott Lindquist</a>. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Also consider Coin World&#039;s publication called <b>Paper&nbsp; Money</b> available in online subscriptions and on most book stores magazine rack in the&nbsp; hobby section. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">=====&gt;</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Set up a free account on <b><a href="http://www.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ha.com/" rel="nofollow">Heritage Auctions</a></b> account and use the search features to learn about notes in the &#039;Currency Auction Archives&#039;.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://currency.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://currency.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Heritage Auctions</b></a> has a nifty <b><a href="http://currency.ha.com/c/ref/grading.zx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/c/ref/grading.zx" rel="nofollow">Currency Grading Tutorial</a></b> online that you can read.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">=====&gt;</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"> For ideas of what to look for in grading, the two major Paper Money TPGs have the following two scales developed that they utilize:</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><a href="http://www.pcgscurrency.com/g_scale.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscurrency.com/g_scale.html" rel="nofollow">PCGS Currency.com -- Grading Scale</a></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><br /></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><a href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" rel="nofollow">PMG Paper Money -- Grading Scale</a></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><a href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></b> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">=====&gt;</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"><b> Check out some of these fun links I&#039;ve <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/users/19065/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/users/19065/">posted</a> on my profile page in the Visitor Messages section.</b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><span style="color: darkgreen">And for a<u> whole lot</u> of online Paper Money resources check out these CT threads full of links:</span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><span style="color: darkgreen"><br /></span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b>• <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=106029&amp;p=878999&amp;viewfull=1#post878999" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=106029&amp;p=878999&amp;viewfull=1#post878999">Currency Websites</a></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b></b></span><span style="color: #000000"><b></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b>• </b></span><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t122522/?pagenumber=#ixzz1636FYMsI" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t122522/?pagenumber=#ixzz1636FYMsI"><b>Information Resources for Paper Money Collectors </b></a></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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