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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 990169, member: 26302&quot;]Well the BMC collection published volumes is about 50 volumes, give or take. This is just what is published, there are more now, so that gives you an idea of the enormity of the task you are thinking of. That is the underlying problem with ancients, there are literally hundreds of thousands of types, let alone variations. The sheer enormity is the reason there is not even a standard set of books, let alone a book or website that truly is comprehensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many areas well laid out. Just a month ago Doug Smith announced Rasiel Suarez is publishing ERIC II covering all Roman Imperial and Byzantine coins. This should be a good volume, covering a lot of ancients you would ever see at a local coin show, but it cannot by definition be comprehensive. We are talking about over 1,000 years here, so you can see how hard comprehensiveness could be. In comparison to Romans, though, &quot;greek&quot; coins are much more varied and I have 29 volumes of BMC Greek that maybe covers half to two thirds the known types of &quot;greek&quot; coins, let alone sub types. I am sure everyone would love a comprehensive website of all ancient coins, but I would talk to a few authors about the work involved before seriously considering starting something like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason so many of us use books is not because we are computer illiterate, its because websites change, and for referencing you need a static reference number. A printed book cannot change numbers, so there is more surety of the reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for being able to sell coins and trade up, I understand your concern, but it is that way for all coin collecting. Its part of the hobby dickering over purchases. Remember, you do not have to go through the dealer again if you still have the tag on it and it can be referenced to them. I do this for CNG purchases just in case I ever need to sell them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helped.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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