Whitman Encyclopedia of Paper Money

This is a 900+ page hardcover masterpiece. History of paper currency, and evolution. Detailed information with great colorful photos. Each note has a little historical blurb.Disclaimer: The price guide for each note is suggestive and not reflective of market value as it changes day by day, BUT it will give you ball park pricing. The best book I ever seen.

does not give enough information on star notes.also does not have a complete listing on president $1 coins.would be nice to have listing on stores where you can find out the value of the coins and $100.00 on down bills so that you can sell them.i have accumulated to many.but book is a wealth of information.

this book is comprehensive, covers ALL US paper money in tremendous detail. Has sections on fractional, confederate, and stamp coinage. actually fun reading, if you can support the weight of the book, it weighs a TON, hard to read without a desk.

I'm just beginning to collect, but learning fast. I'm hungry for high quality information, and I'm putting effort into getting really clear about what's important to me (denomination, series, grading, population, history, design, etc.).It's important to note that although this is titled an encyclopedia (which implies articles on each significant note/series), the first 100 pages are a set of chapters history, grading, smart buying, etc. That for section would make an excellent stand-alone book.The rest of the book - well, not just what you would expect from an encyclopedia of paper money, but what you want: history, story, pricing, population and gorgeous images. Is the pricing relevant in a book that was published four years ago? As with any price guide, I think it important not matter how current to treat it only as a benchmark, so I still find it useful and will correlate the pricing to other resources.I also have  100 Greatest American Currency Notes: The Stories Behind The Most Colonial, Confederate, Federal, Obsolete, and Private American Notes  (also by Bowers) - it's a great companion resource, since it calls out notes of popular interest, and provides a bit more back-story. If you have to choose, I'd say get the encyclopedia, but they compliment each other nicely.

I saw this awsome encyclopedia at borders books and had to have it, only I got a much much better price at amazon.This highly informative and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia is full of gorgeous close up, in depth, full color photos of us currency, dateing as far back as the first us paper currency ever made . just an absolutly stunning look into our us past to present history.The book is huge and has a hardback cover to protect its valuable contents from bending or tearing while browsing through it.This is state of the art in the world of encyclopedias.

Great reference book for large and small currency. A must have if you are a collector or interested in collecting. As is typical with all price guides, the prices are useful for comparison between different bills or as a rough guide only and tend to be a bit higher than actual prices.

Rarely does a collector find a book with such detail and comprehensiveness. A real to read and learn from. Highly recommended.

quality book very informative nice photos

A must for all fans of paper money.