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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3018229, member: 56859"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The fast and likely to be accurate (insofar as the current scholarship) method: Go to CNG's archives and find the most recently sold match to your coin, and copy that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Their catalogers are knowledgable and seem to stay current.</p><p><br /></p><p>The scholarly method: Go to CNG's archives and find many examples, paying attention to the most recent listings. See which references are cited. Find those books. Begin with the one most recently written; work your way back in time to other sources if needed. Hopefully some of the books are more than just inventories; maybe they'll have some hoard evidence or other means of establishing a date. If that fails, google for journal articles related to the type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3018229, member: 56859"]:D The fast and likely to be accurate (insofar as the current scholarship) method: Go to CNG's archives and find the most recently sold match to your coin, and copy that :D. Their catalogers are knowledgable and seem to stay current. The scholarly method: Go to CNG's archives and find many examples, paying attention to the most recent listings. See which references are cited. Find those books. Begin with the one most recently written; work your way back in time to other sources if needed. Hopefully some of the books are more than just inventories; maybe they'll have some hoard evidence or other means of establishing a date. If that fails, google for journal articles related to the type.[/QUOTE]
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