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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2255956, member: 19463&quot;]There are books that provide catalog numbers for those addicted to them that do not require the details missing from too many coins.&nbsp; I still have issues with the idea of collectors using RIC numbers when unwilling to buy RIC.&nbsp; It is a more scholarly book set and not the ancient RedBook. Sear would be a better catalog choice for this coin.&nbsp; When I was reviewing books for my site, I refused to recommend Sear because of its practice of quoting a random RIC number causing uses to think that number should apply to their coin of a different mint.&nbsp; This encouraging the attitude that a wrong number is better than no number was part of the decision that selling books was more important than fostering learning about the coins.&nbsp; I was too hard on Sear.&nbsp; At least he foresaw the need for a number to apply to unidentifiable coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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