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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 196819, member: 669&quot;]It&#039;s shorthand for the Standard Catalog of World Coins, published by Krause Publications, a related company to the one that publishes Numismatic News and World Coin News, along with many other coin and collectible catalogs and magazines.&nbsp; The original authors were Chester Krause and Clifford Mishler.&nbsp; Colin Bruce is the current Editor.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s published in telephone book-sized volumes covering each century from the 17th on with descriptions, estimated values in various grades, more than 100,000 mostly actual size pictures, and a lot of other very useful information, including coin identification aids.&nbsp; All except the new 21st Century book are the size of directories for very large cities (the 2007 20th Century is 2,002 pages).&nbsp; The 20th and 21st Century editions are updated annually, and the others are updated every few years.If you are strictly a US coin collector it is ridiculously expensive.&nbsp; If you are a world coin collector you need to have at least the last two volumes, and perhaps all five, depending on your interests.&nbsp; Individual list prices range from $30-65 per volume, but they are frequently available on-line at discounted prices.&nbsp; Used editions are usually available at much lower prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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