Coins

American Numismatic Association, "Selections from The Numismatist. United States Paper Money, Tokens, Medals and Miscellaneous," Racine, Wisc., Whitman Publishing Co., 1960.
(Part of the ANA's 1960 reprint series, this volume contains a 1922 article by George Hetrick on collecting Civil War tokens.)

Carothers, Neil, "Fractional Money," New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1930.
(This was reprinted in 1988 by Bowers & Merena Galleries Inc. of Wolfeboro, N.H. Chapter XIV: The Civil War Period: Minor Coins (pages 186-213), covers the shortage of cents and the rise of privately struck tokens.)

Cist, Charles, "Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1859," (no publisher listed), 1859.

Friedberg, Robert, "Paper Money of the United States," 13th edition, Clifton, N.J., The Coin and Currency Institute Inc., 1992.

Fuld, George and Melvin, "Patriotic Civil War Tokens," Racine, Wisc., Whitman Publishing Co., 1960.
(The introduction to this long out-of-print part of Whitman's popular black book series of catalogs, traces the history of collecting storecards back to an 1863 article in the Journal of the American Philosophical Society. )

Fuld, George and Melvin, "U.S. Civil War Store Cards," 2nd edition Quarterman Publications Inc., Lawrence, Mass., 1975.
(The definitive work on store cards is long out of print. However, it can still be ordered from the Civil War Token Society for $75. This is an outgrowth of the Fulds' 1962 Whitman black book, "Guide to Civil War Store Cards.")

Hetrick, George, and Guttag, Julius, "Civil War Tokens and Tradesmen's Store Cards," Kutztown, Pa, self published, 1924.
(This has been reprinted at least twice: In Cleveland in 1965 and in Stow, Mass., in 1968. The first comprehensive catalog of Civil War tokens, it has been largely superseded by later works.)

Krause, Chester L., and Lemke, Robert F., "Standard Catalog of United States Paper Money, Iola, Wisc., Krause Publications Inc., (published annually, now in its 17th edition).

Rothert, Matt, "A Guide Book of United States Fractional Currency," Racine, Wisc., Whitman Publishing Co., 1963.

Mitchell, Wesley Clair, "A History of the Greenbacks," Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1903.
(University of Chicago Press reprinted the book in 1968. It is a singularly useful reference about monetary conditions during the Civil War. Tables list wages throughout the county. A discussion of cents in circulation can be found on pages 165 to 173.)

Rulau, Russell, "Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900," second edition, Iola, Wisc., Krause Publications, 1997.
(This accessible catalog, part of Krause's continuing Standard Catalog series, lists the most common type of each issuer. It is a the product of a cooperative publishing venture by Krause and the Civil War Token Society.)

Columbus

Bowen, B.F., "Atlas of Ohio, Columbus, Franklin Co.," New York, H.S. Lloyd & Co., 1868

Condon, George. E., "Yesterday's Columbus," Miami, Fla., E.A. Seemann Publishing Inc., 1977

Emery, Edwin, and Smith, Henry Ladd, "The Press and America," New York, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1954.

Lee, Alfred E., "History of Columbus, Capitol of Ohio," Chicago, Munsell & Co., 1890

Lewis Publishing Co., "A Centennial Biographical History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio," Lewis Publishing Co.., 1901

Poland, C.A., "Poland's Columbus Directory and Classified Business Mirror for 1864," Richard Nevins, Printer, 1864.

Studer, Jacob, "Columbus Ohio: Its History, Resource and Progress," Columbus, Jacob Studer, 1873.

Taylor, William A., "Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio," Chicago and Columbus, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909

Weisenburger, Francis P., "Columbus During the Civil War," Columbus, Ohio State University Press, 1963.

Williams & Co., "Williams' Columbus Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror," Williams & Co., 1862 and 1867 editions.

Newspapers

Various 1863 issues of these papers were available at The Columbus Dispatch, The Columbus Metropolitan Library and The Ohio Historical Society. (Not every issue of each paper was available)

Columbus Daily Express
Capital City Fact
Columbus Gazette
The Crisis
Ohio State Journal
Ohio Statesman