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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2430709, member: 19463&quot;]I could not agree more.&nbsp; I have always said that I would like to see RIC issued with the catalog sections removed and all ten volumes introductory chapters put in one volume for the benefit of people who are not into catalog numbers or buying a set of well over $1000 books. </p><p><br /></p><p>BMC is similar but since they never finished the series the value of the abridged set would be lower unless you are of the opinion that Collecting stops with the Severans.&nbsp; I prefer BMC where there is a BMC but I collect about equally on both sides of their fence.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you like enlarged B&amp;W photos of coins you can not afford (average grade EF+) find Kent and Hirmer <b>Roman Coins</b>.&nbsp; It only has 1430 photos but you will be hard pressed to find better selected Romans unless you cut up Warren&#039;s collection of sale catalogs. As a fault, some coins are one sided.&nbsp; I really hate it when they do that.&nbsp; Is it worth the $90 Amazon is asking?&nbsp; Yes, but shop around and find one cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>My copy is Putnam but missing the dust jacket so the blue cloth shows.&nbsp; Mine is ex-library and well used but it was cheap and beautiful inside.&nbsp; I prefer worn out old books to ones you can&#039;t open without reducing their collector&#039;s value.&nbsp; My RIC volumes will not sell for a lot when I&#039;m gone (especially vol IV) but I got more than my money&#039;s worth out of them over the years.&nbsp; I do not recommend you buy them unless you plan to read them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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