Collecting Confederate Paper Money - Field Edition 2008 now available! See information and order details below! Summer Special - $29 ppd.! (regularly $40)
"Numismatic Literary Guild Award Winner Pierre Fricke has taken the most essential portions of the Best U. S. Paper Money Book of 2005, and created a "must-have'' addition to every CSA collector's library. This is a book you can use at home, take to shows, and highly recommend to everyone who collects, or wants to collect Confederate paper money. Talk about getting your money's worth! Read the first 100 pages alone and you will know far more than the average casual collector or dealer. Use the new feature that gives you side-by-side comparisons of genuine notes and counterfeits, and you will never have any doubts about what you are buying. Study the chapter on grading, and you will no longer have to depend on a second, third, or even fourth party's opinion about the condition of any note. You will get the most recent price valuations in all of the grades you need. You will get rarity ratings based on years of experience and real data. What more could you ask for?"
Stephen Goldsmith, Stack's on the 2008 Field Edition
"Pierre Fricke's new book Collecting Confederate Paper Money is THE most important CSA currency book in the last 90 years. The author's grasp of his material and systematic presentation will open this field to many new collectors, as well as add interest and impetus to the collecting habits of "old hands" of this material. Doug Ball would be pleased with such an able and articulate heir."
--Fred Reed, Editor/Publisher PAPER MONEY for the 2005 Edition
Summer Special! Orders may be placed by sending $29 (regularly $40) money order or check ppd. to:
Pierre Fricke P.O. Box 52514 Atlanta, GA 30355
Or Order Using the Paypal Icon to the right --> $29 ppd.
Signed and personalized by the author!
What's New?
Portable, light weight and easy to use. 6 inches x 9 inches. 2.5 lbs. Tested by over 30 people before publication including some who do not collect CSA paper money.
Full color. 456 pages.
A lot of new and unpublished information - more than 150 people's input building on the 2005 book.
Added contemporary counterfeit types - side-by-side pictures - to help discern the different.
Up to date pricing on CSA type, varieties and counterfeits - based on real transactions as much as possible.
Rare variety and type condition census summaries - updated significantly as the 2005 book drew out a lot of new information.
CSA bond pricing.
Updated grading information including the latest positioning of different styles of grading including third party such as CC&A, PCGS and PMG.
Sample of Dr Ball's original manuscript.
More pictures to help identify varieties more easily including many pictures not previously available anywhere else.
$40 of coupons for Fricke ANA CSA collecting recorded presentation DVD - 1 hour, 2009 Type Edition, and Tremmel, Carson Thian DVD.
New!
Collecting Confederate Paper Money - Field Edition 2008 by Pierre Fricke - New Book - Available NOW!
The new portable CSA paper money guide that people have asked for will soon be here! This is a full color, 450 page, 6" x 9", approximately 2.5 pound guide that is easy to use and carry around.
I've received input from over 150 people and more than 30 people reviewed a draft of the book giving feedback on information presented and usability. One new element of this review phase was that we included people not directly involved in collecting or dealing in CSA paper money which added significant value in terms of usability.
There are several innovations present in this book, not found in any other paper money book. The regular issue and contemporary counterfeits are presented side-by-side, helping people tell the difference. There is a summary of both the type and variety condition census contained within, but in a format similar to what Dr. Sheldon used in his 1949 Early American Cents portable book to save space. We'll update the detailed condition census and provenance in a future 2nd volume. A price guide for CSA bonds is included as there is no current plans for an update to Dr Ball's book, but new pricing information is needed. There is new information regarding the evolution of the hobby which has been quite dramatic this decade - moreso than in any time in the past with the possible exceptions of the 1880s and 1950s. Some of this includes more about how to navigate the different styles of grading - including a table mapping equivalent grades across collector-oriented, market-oriented, CC&A, PCGS and other grading services.
It may be ordered on this web page or from many numismatic book dealers, Spink Smythe, some paper money dealers. It also will be put on Amazon.com and may appear in other mass market channels.
Enjoy! Pierre
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Award winning Collecting Confederate Paper Money - Comprehensive Edition 2005 is available in limited quantities from myself, Amazon.com or a couple of the dealers listed in Acknowledgements. It is almost 800 pages of introductory and detailed information about Confederate paper money types and varieties. It includes the research of great numismatic students including Raphael Thian, John Browne, William Bradbeer, Sydney Kerksis, Philip Chase, Dr. Douglas Ball, and Robert Ares. This work represents over 200 person-years of research brought to you in a now famous and award winning volume that is indispensible.
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SOLD OUT! The 2005 Edition remains available on the resale market on occasion. Prices range from $40 - $120, though the $40 guys may be sold out pretty quick or the book is heavily used.
