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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1609192, member: 26302&quot;]Which is why the very serious students of numismatics have their copies of references littered with notes to themselves making corrections or listing new information. These copies of books are priceless. One of the greatest thrills as a book buyer is being able to acquire one of these from a serious scholar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have relayed it before, but I once knew a very serious Byzantine dealer. He wore his Sear book down to nothing using it so much, and when he needed to replace it he hand copied over all of his notes to the newe volume, then burned the old one. He knew the information inside, his personal knowledge, was very valuable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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