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State of Georgia: Treasury Notes, Treasury Certificates & Bonds, by W. Mack Martin and Kenneth S. Latimer, is an in-depth catalog of Georgia’s Civil War money.  This is the first in-depth treatment of the Civil War money from one Southern state. Besides descriptions of the different issues, denominations, dates and associated rarities are explanations about vignettes, the use of control stamps, and listings of serial number ranges, plate letters, and signers for the various issues. The signers are identified by name and a sample signature is provided to help the collector identify falsely filled in (and hence fraudulent) issues. Legislative acts leading to different issues are listed, each with a brief summary of provisions. There are sections on printers and engravers, counterfeits, notes used later for ads, and errors. The authors identify an even 100 different varieties, 43 of which are not in Criswell.  The illustrations are all full color.  Copyright 2005, spiral binding, 95 pages plus detailed Table of Contents, Forward, Introduction and Acknowledgements. Self published, $30 plus $3.85 for priority mail postage or $1.50 by book rate. Available from Martin Sales Associates, Inc., 63 Lake Pointe Lane, Hartwell, Georgia 30643.

Update to the 2004 obsolete paper money catalog, A History of Nineteenth Century Ohio Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip, by Wendell Wolka.  The update breaks new ground on several fronts. It is available as a CD (compact disc), with over 110 pages of information, 117 new or revised listings, and 118 high resolution color illustrations. A number of pages of information which simply wouldn't fit in the original book such as printing totals, National Bank connections, and the like are also included. All of the files on the CD are in PDF format which means that they can be explored with either Adobe Acrobat® or Adobe Reader®. The user can search the entire text for specific key words and magnify the high resolution color images to study even the smallest detail on a note.  The 2005-06 Update CD may be ordered by sending a check, made payable to Wendell Wolka, for $13.95 to Wendell Wolka, PO Box 1211, Greenwood, IN 46142. The price includes shipping and handling. If you somehow missed the original book, it is still available directly from the author for $60.00 postpaid, with orders accepted at the same address shown for ordering the Update CD.

Whitman Publishing announces the release of The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes, by Q. David Bowers and David M. Sundman. In this beautifully illustrated book, two of America’s best-known numismatists take the reader on a personal guided tour of the paper money of colonial America, the Continental Congress, the early states, the Confederacy, old banks, and private issuers.  The book is coffee-table-size, 224 pages, full color, with photographs and stories for every note. It also includes market values, price histories, field populations, census reports, quantities printed, and auction records. Retail price is $29.95. The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes is available at hobby shops and bookstores nationwide.

Collecting Confederate Paper Money by Pierre Fricke, First Edition. 800 pages, and over 500+ illustrations. Hardcover. Full color photos of all 72 major types, and color variations. Criswell major type numbers retained. New variety reference numbers added. Latest Price information on key rarities. Up-to-date rarity ratings for all major types and varieties. Top ten condition census information includes serial numbers, grades and provenance. Illustrated grading guide.  Available from R. M. Smythe for $49.95 plus $5.50 shipping and handling.

Latin American Bank Note Records--American Bank Note Company Archives (1865-1965), Ricardo M. Magan. Catalogue of Latin American banknotes produced by the American Bank Note Company.  Over two thousand banknotes are listed from two hundred and seventy two banks and government issuing authorities throughout Latin America.  $39.00 (postpaid in the USA). Postage outside the USA without insurance $10.00 or $15.00 with insurance. To order send check or money order to:  Ricardo M Magan, 505 Dighton Avenue, Taunton MA, 02780-7145.  (508) 880-6188,  Sally1904@comcast.net.

National Bank Notes from Bowling Green, KY, J. Fred Maples, September 2004.  Over 12 years of work by the author includes dozens of interviews and hundreds of research hours to catalogue surviving bank notes, document history of the banks, and find biographies of the bank’s officers who signed the bank notes. From 1874 to 1935 Bowling Green supported six national banks, with notes surviving from four of the six banks.  $10.95 from iUniverse.com.

Wisconsin National Bank Notes, a census of large and small national currency,  includes over 10,200 individual notes by serial number, tables showing issuance and survivorship by bank, a short history of Wisconsin banking, plus 123 color and B&W photos. Browse www.janzencurrency.com for more information.

Self-published, $53 postpaid in United States. Order from author, Matt Janzen, 3601 Page Drive, #1, Plover, WI 54467.

Show Me the Money! The Standard Catalog of Motion Picture, Television, Stage, and Advertising Prop Money, by Fred Reed. McFarland, 2005. Hardcover,  790 pages, richly illustrated.  See a review in the May/June 2005 issue of Paper Money. Available from the publisher:  McFarland & Co., Inc., POB 611, Jefferson, NC 28640 or major book outlets such as Amazon.com.  $75.

U.S. Essay, Proof, and Specimen Notes, 2nd Edition, by Gene Hessler.  BNR Press, 2004.  Hardcover, 272 pages.  $40 plus $4 shipping from BNR Press, 132 E. Second St., Port Clinton, OH 43452. Order online at www.papermoneyworld.net, or use PayPal (bnrpress@papermoneyworld.net).

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