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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2174381, member: 19463&quot;]There is a 1987 edition which has about 90 more pages including what the editors call &quot;a thorough revision of the post-1204 section of the catalogue undertaken by Simon Bendall, the noted specialist in late Byzantine coinage; and a valuable appendix on modern forgeries contributed by Michael O&#039;Hara, who has done considerable research on this important topic.&quot;&nbsp; I have the 1974 book as well and my interest in the subject is not great enough that I plan to spend $100 on the more recent edition.&nbsp; Is there something better or plans for another edition?&nbsp; I do not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know you are all tired of hearing my opinion but there is a lot more to studying coins than assigning catalog numbers.&nbsp; Every time Sear issued a new edition of his books w got new numbers and had to adjust to having &quot;New Sear&quot; or &quot;Millenium Sear&quot; rather than just Sear numbers.&nbsp; I get enjoyment and information out of my old Sear books but can not quote numbers or expect the latest scholarship on any subject.&nbsp; I hate to mention it but RIC works the same way.&nbsp; I am very interested in the coins covered by RIC IV and V and would buy those books if they were updated.&nbsp; Currently there is an online &#039;New RIC V part 1&#039; resource which may just be the better answer these days when scholarship can be outdated before the ink dries. However you get your information on coins, learn first this one important fact:&nbsp; Numismatics is a science and just like the science that made Pluto not a planet and replace continental drift with plate tectonics, the latest &#039;word&#039; is prone to update frequently enough that we should know better than to cling tightly to old ideas or to accept blindly the new ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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