Paper Money of the United States. A Complete Illustrated Guide with Valuations
Arthur and Ira Friedberg have been professional numismatists for over thirty years. Their firm, The Coin & Currency Institute, Inc. is a founding member of the elite International Association of Professional Numismatists (I.A.P.N.). In June, 2001 in Rome, Italy, Arthur Friedberg was elected President of the Association, marking the first time in the fifty year history of the organization that an American has occupied the office. After he concluded his service as president, the IAPN gave him its highest honor, the title of Honorary President. He is also a life member of the American Numismatic Association and a member of the prestigious Professional Numismatists Guild since 1977 Both joined Coin & Currency (a family firm) after college. Arthur, in 1972 with a B.A. degree in history from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He later then earned an M.B.A. from New York University in 1976. Ira received his B.S. in Journalism from Boston University in 1975. Within a short period time they co-authored revisions of Gold Coins of the World (now in its 8th edition) and Paper Money of the United States (now in its 19th edition). They also wrote the new editions of Appraising and Selling Your Coins, which has more than a quarter of a million copies in print. They also published and edited the revisions to R.S. Yeoman's classics, Modern World Coins. Arthur is a contributor to the Standard Catalog of World Coins and has written numerous articles for The Numismatist, the journal of the American Numismatic Association.  Arthur Friedberg has been a consultant to the Money and Medal Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy; has testified as an expert on coin matters before the United States Senate Banking Committee and the Cultural Property Advisory Committee of the United States State Department. He has also been retained by advertising agencies, law firms, insurance companies and others to provide advice on coins and on international and domestic numismatic marketing.  In 1993 the Friedbergs were awarded the Prix d Honneur of the I.A.P.N. for Gold Coins of the World as the best book of the preceding year. They have also been presented the Medal of Merit of the American Numismatic Association (1992) for distinguished service to the hobby. Arthur has also received the first place Heath Literary Award (1994) for being the author of the article judged best in The Numismatist during 1993, the Swiss Vrenelli Prize (1999) for outstanding contributions to numismatics, and the American Numismatic Association's Presidential Award.