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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3724219, member: 19463"]I see this as a 'whatever works for you' situation. I despise catalog numbers as stand alone entries but value them as aids in finding the information available in the book in question. Easily half of catalog numbers published in sale catalogs are less than fully accurate in some way. This is particularly true of systems like RIC where there are a hundred different coins properly called RIC 1 but so few people that quote a page number (volume number even) that allows you to find which #1 you want. That is why I so dislike books and websites that have tons of numbers to find ounces of information. </p><p>This might also be a place to trot out the old saying that it is better to teach a man to fish so he can eat for a lifetime than to give him a fish to eat today. I do not put much effort in listing catalog numbers on coins I post unless I see a need for the discussion at hand. I do not see the need of posting legends that are legible in the photo or other obvious data unless it is the subject at hand. I hope anyone interested has been taught how to interpret such things (fishing for data, if you will) and will find it simple to find whatever data they require. I do look forward to the BNC reaching the period I collect with their catalog. Last I heard, that has not happened. For example, I do not care in the least what the BNC number for the Julia Domna coin below might be but I want to know if their specimen is a die duplicate, more or less legible and, especially, to read whatever they have to say about the coin. Cohen listed it (#250) as being there. I will not be travelling to Paris to see it. I will remain curious about everything but the number.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]998435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3724219, member: 19463"]I see this as a 'whatever works for you' situation. I despise catalog numbers as stand alone entries but value them as aids in finding the information available in the book in question. Easily half of catalog numbers published in sale catalogs are less than fully accurate in some way. This is particularly true of systems like RIC where there are a hundred different coins properly called RIC 1 but so few people that quote a page number (volume number even) that allows you to find which #1 you want. That is why I so dislike books and websites that have tons of numbers to find ounces of information. This might also be a place to trot out the old saying that it is better to teach a man to fish so he can eat for a lifetime than to give him a fish to eat today. I do not put much effort in listing catalog numbers on coins I post unless I see a need for the discussion at hand. I do not see the need of posting legends that are legible in the photo or other obvious data unless it is the subject at hand. I hope anyone interested has been taught how to interpret such things (fishing for data, if you will) and will find it simple to find whatever data they require. I do look forward to the BNC reaching the period I collect with their catalog. Last I heard, that has not happened. For example, I do not care in the least what the BNC number for the Julia Domna coin below might be but I want to know if their specimen is a die duplicate, more or less legible and, especially, to read whatever they have to say about the coin. Cohen listed it (#250) as being there. I will not be travelling to Paris to see it. I will remain curious about everything but the number. [ATTACH=full]998435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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