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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4015090, member: 85693"]Doug makes an excellent point - the Internet is both impermanent and prone to errors. In an effort to offset these problems, I create files via pdf/jpg for virtually everything I find on a specific coin. If the website disappears, I still have the image and info, even if the link no longer works. By creating these files from multiple sources (auctions, wildwinds, OCRE, etc. etc.) I can, I hope, winnow out the errors by comparing and contrasting. It is, like all systems, imperfect. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course when pdf and jpg become defunct I will be back to square one. Meanwhile, I have 300 year old books that are quite readable still...</p><p><br /></p><p>As Kansas sang, "nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky..." and that isn't even correct! </p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Doug, I use your webpages A LOT and never once have I found a typo. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4015090, member: 85693"]Doug makes an excellent point - the Internet is both impermanent and prone to errors. In an effort to offset these problems, I create files via pdf/jpg for virtually everything I find on a specific coin. If the website disappears, I still have the image and info, even if the link no longer works. By creating these files from multiple sources (auctions, wildwinds, OCRE, etc. etc.) I can, I hope, winnow out the errors by comparing and contrasting. It is, like all systems, imperfect. Of course when pdf and jpg become defunct I will be back to square one. Meanwhile, I have 300 year old books that are quite readable still... As Kansas sang, "nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky..." and that isn't even correct! P.S. Doug, I use your webpages A LOT and never once have I found a typo. :wideyed:[/QUOTE]
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