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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2624708, member: 71642"]The Standard Catalog is nice, but also has errors. Shoot, they left out a whole segment of Japan in the 2015 (but were kind enough to post the pages on the Amazon page that has the book, after I left a negative review, which I notice has been concealed. I guess they didn't notice I'd upgraded the review and the stars and must have paid good money to get the review sanitized).</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my point is that any catalog like these is never perfect. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, my go to is the Krause/Standard Catalog (except for Japan), but I double check anything important and pretty much do my own searches for prices if it's any kind of significant amount--eBay, Heritage archives etc. PCGS and NGC are generally off on the finer details, and NGC's price is 'Krause' licensed for the most part.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Catalog has a few pages that are great--you can flip through and look at various motifs that are associated with specific countries, a great way to do a quick ID to point you in the right direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither is particularly great for the finer points of varieties. If you have a specific area of interest, then it's smart to look for a specialty resource.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2624708, member: 71642"]The Standard Catalog is nice, but also has errors. Shoot, they left out a whole segment of Japan in the 2015 (but were kind enough to post the pages on the Amazon page that has the book, after I left a negative review, which I notice has been concealed. I guess they didn't notice I'd upgraded the review and the stars and must have paid good money to get the review sanitized). I guess my point is that any catalog like these is never perfect. That said, my go to is the Krause/Standard Catalog (except for Japan), but I double check anything important and pretty much do my own searches for prices if it's any kind of significant amount--eBay, Heritage archives etc. PCGS and NGC are generally off on the finer details, and NGC's price is 'Krause' licensed for the most part. The Standard Catalog has a few pages that are great--you can flip through and look at various motifs that are associated with specific countries, a great way to do a quick ID to point you in the right direction. Neither is particularly great for the finer points of varieties. If you have a specific area of interest, then it's smart to look for a specialty resource.[/QUOTE]
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