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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1945595, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.printsasia.com/book/punchmarked-coinage-of-the-indian-subcontinent-p-l-gupta-t-r-hardaker-9788186786352" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.printsasia.com/book/punchmarked-coinage-of-the-indian-subcontinent-p-l-gupta-t-r-hardaker-9788186786352" rel="nofollow">http://www.printsasia.com/book/punchmarked-coinage-of-the-indian-subcontinent-p-l-gupta-t-r-hardaker-9788186786352</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The postal carrier just delivered my newly published revised edition of Gupta, Hardaker, <b>Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent, Magadha-Mauryan Series. </b> Having looked at it for all of ten minutes, I decided to write this review.&nbsp; Don&#039;t you just love guys like me?</p><p><br /></p><p>The book has great drawings and photos showing both the theoretical and actual appearance of thousands of punch marks.&nbsp; I can&#039;t see how I ever thought of collecting these confusing coins without this book.&nbsp; Now I&#039;ll start using it and see if it helps.&nbsp; I see a lot of variations in the prices of these books.&nbsp; Shop around.&nbsp; The publisher&#039;s list price converts to $40 at today&#039;s rates.&nbsp; Obviously postage from India will add a great amount to that but how much?</p><p><br /></p><p>My book is obviously brand new and came plastic wrapped from the publisher.&nbsp; It was obviously clean and new BUT when I opened the wrapper, the book had a smell that struck me a a bit like a farm with sheep.&nbsp; I believe it will air out and be OK but I wonder if that is the prevailing smell at the printing plant and if all copies smell that way.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>..and now the rest of the story.&nbsp; My daughter is remodeling a couple rooms in her house.&nbsp; She ordered a &#039;sample&#039; of a rug from an ebay seller that said the item location was USA.&nbsp; The sample arrived with Indian postal markings.&nbsp; The sample rug had the same sheepy smell only stronger.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder if the glue used on rugs and on books is related?&nbsp; If you have just received a new book from India, tell me how it smells.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newsflash:</p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html</a></p><p>This site was missing a couple days ago.&nbsp; Did someone pay the fees so it would not die?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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