Fractional Money: A history of small coins and fractional paper currency of the United States by Neil Carothers. 1988 reprint by Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc of the original 1930 publication. Fractional Money is one of the most elusive, yet most valuable source references in the numismatic field. In several hundred papes, the author discusses in detail the economic conditions, legislative acts, and other events which led to the production of various coins from the earliest federal issues through the 20th century, to the time of the book's publication. Paperback - 372 pages.