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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1819591, member: 57495&quot;]While I agree that for a beginner with no coins it&#039;s pretty useless to know the catalog numbers, at least as far as the Sear books are concerned, I&#039;d add that there&#039;s quite abit of other information useful to a beginner to be had. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t comment much on how in depth or scholarly this information is since I&#039;m still a beginner myself, but he has sections that cover denominations, dating of coins, legends, quite abit on themes found on reverses, brief backgrounds on each ruler and sometimes notes on their coinage, a good representative bunch of coin photos, and some numismatic and historical notes on specific coin issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, you&#039;ll find all this and more in other books, and even on the web for free, but for this beginner at least it was useful to have it all together in a good volume of books.&nbsp; And after that still own and refer to the books as an attributive guide and catalog that&#039;s used by a large number of other collectors out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Z.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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