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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 1590534, member: 24091"]If there is something along these lines for Italian would be nice to know about it. From what I have seen, there isn't much in English. Since most of these European catalogs are targeted to local audiences, ie the European Union, and since these countries also tend to have VAT tax on purchases, it's very difficult (at least for me) to make anything but a relative comparison of coin values within a particular country. For instance, even in a catalog written in Italian, one can compare what they think the price differential should be between two different issues or varieties. But for absolute valuation? Forget it. You would be better served going to dealer websites in those same countries with the knowledge that they never buy at the same price that they sell at. The little guy, no matter what catalog he is using, will always be at a disadvantage in the marketplace unless he is buying the very finest material available. To my way of thinking, that is a far more important concept than catalog valuation. Or to put it a different way, WHAT you buy is far more important than how MUCH you pay for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 1590534, member: 24091"]If there is something along these lines for Italian would be nice to know about it. From what I have seen, there isn't much in English. Since most of these European catalogs are targeted to local audiences, ie the European Union, and since these countries also tend to have VAT tax on purchases, it's very difficult (at least for me) to make anything but a relative comparison of coin values within a particular country. For instance, even in a catalog written in Italian, one can compare what they think the price differential should be between two different issues or varieties. But for absolute valuation? Forget it. You would be better served going to dealer websites in those same countries with the knowledge that they never buy at the same price that they sell at. The little guy, no matter what catalog he is using, will always be at a disadvantage in the marketplace unless he is buying the very finest material available. To my way of thinking, that is a far more important concept than catalog valuation. Or to put it a different way, WHAT you buy is far more important than how MUCH you pay for it.[/QUOTE]
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