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Rating  - Paper Money details
This volume is even more complete in its listings than the previous editions. It has a better listing of modern uncut sheets, although quantities printed would be a much-needed addition. The book is clear, concise and valuable as a necessary element in the reference library of any collector of small-size notes.
Rating  - I agree, a Complete waste of Money
I just puchased the New 6th Edition. I think I'll save my money on the 7th and future editions. You would think that they would have the current serial numbers for the 2003 two dollar bills. The 5th edition was in error and now a chance to fix the problem and it never got resolved. My reccomendation is to buy the 5th edition USED and to use ebay's completed auctions to find out the going rate on prices.
Rating - A complete WASTE of good Money!
Disappointing is too kind a word to describe this book. The number of glaring errors and omissions in this book make it a complete waste of money. Do yourself a favor and do not buy this book even though it will most likely be heavily discounted as sellers try to unload their stock. Oakes and Schwartz should be wholly ashamed of themselves and the editor, Edler, should never work again in that capacity. What a shame!
Rating  - A valuable guide, but...
This long awaited 5th edition is, in my opinion, a great disappointment. Firstly, the photographs are of a very poor quality. Many are dull, out of focus and just plain worn out. After being continually recycled through five successive editions is it any wonder? To give you an idea, imagine photocopying a picture, then copying the copy and copying that copy and so on and so on. Do that five times and that's the kind of quality we're talking about. Also, the entire Two Dollar bill section has NO protographs what-so-ever. Obviously in their rush to get this edition out somebody forgot about the two dollar photos. There are also numerous typographical errors, information in the wrong columns and in some cases information missing altogether. The values quoted are another matter entirely. While most have shown a modest increase, a large number have remained static while an equally large number have gone backwards. While values can indeed go backwards in the real world it is hard to tell if this is a true reflection of a somewhat overheated note market stabilizing itself or if it is just another error. In addition, some of the "expanded" and "updated" sections are identical to the previous edition. Don't get me wrong, this is still a valuable reference for all small size note collectors, and one of the few devoted entirely to small size notes, but it seems quality control went out the window in the rush to get this edition out. It could have, and indeed should have, been a heck of a lot better.
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