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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1981604, member: 26302&quot;]Good points Doug. I still remember reading some reviews of books in Kroh&#039;s guide, my favorite being, &quot;I think I am actually dumber by reading this&quot;. Yes, printed pages do not make it right, but having experts giving opinions of an authors statements and arguments, attributions, etc. I judge a book based upon what others, whom I consider experts, say about it. If a book is on CNG&#039;s bibliography to me that is a strong statement in support of it. Similarly, a website like Parthia.com, with its reputation within the ancient world, makes this site an excellent resource. </p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is, most people do not have access to most of these stated sources. So, they have to trust the authors of the site the coins are attributed correctly. This is the disconnect. I own a lot of resources, and have pulled them out a lot of times only to discover the coin attributed as BMCXXX or SNG Cop XXX or RIC VI XXX etc are NOT the coins pictured. If SNG Cop is the reference, and you do not own it, you are trusting the author is correct with his attribution. There are simply way too many errors on the internet in this regard. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, bottom line, you have to trust the source. If its a book and is supposed to be an attribution guide, look to see if its listed as a standard for the series. If its a website, cross check their attributions from other sources. I have done that many times with CNG and have never seen a major error, something I cannot say about some other sites, and Ebay just forget about. Btw, the Wiki model is not perfect either. There are a few citations I have corrected, and their writeup of many Huns are hopelessly outdated. Its still only as good as those who participate. That is a problem, as well as it constantly changing. How are experts supposed to comment on the validity of the comments there if they can change daily? There is no certainty with constantly changing websites. It might have been correct on Tuesday, but full of errors on Wednesday. Would you want to attribute a coin based on something I could go in and change at will?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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