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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1077020, member: 19065&quot;]<i>Favorite </i>depends on what the currency guide or book is needed/used for or admired for by the collector/reader. </p><p><br /></p><p>This will differ in opinion and experience by each individual and the function the guide serves them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mainly collect Small-Size U.S. FRNs right now and have three books that I refer to frequently for this area of collecting:</p><p><br /></p><p>• <i>Comprehesive Catalog of U.S. Paper Money</i> by Gene Hessler</p><p>• <i>Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money</i>, Ninth Edition by Schwartz &amp; Lindquist</p><p>• <i>A Guide Book of United States Paper Money</i><span style="color: darkred">*</span>, The Official Red Book (Whitman), Second Edition - by Friedberg </p><p><font size="1"><span style="color: darkred">*</span>This is the most heavily bookmarked, tabbed and off-the-shelf of the three books listed.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for currency reading material, non-guidebooks:</p><p><br /></p><p>• The Early Paper Money of America by Eric P. Newman</p><p>• The Story of American Bank Note Company by William H. Griffiths </p><p>• Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America by Jason Goodwin</p><p><br /></p><p>I highly recommend all of the books listed above. :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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