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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 907673, member: 6986&quot;]Krause prices should only be used as a guide -- and a very loose one at that.&nbsp; George Cuhaj is really the only person at Krause that works on these catalogs.&nbsp; It is a huge job for one person.&nbsp; He relies upon input from several collectors and dealers around the world to try to track prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Given the publishing cycles of the catalogues it is not possible to update every country for every new edition.&nbsp; This means that the information in certain sections may be 3-4 years old.&nbsp; If an area heats up or cools off that may not be reflected for 2 or 3 editions.</p><p><br /></p><p>A good example of this are British India notes.&nbsp; They took off in prices about 3-4 years ago.&nbsp; The most recent catalog has higher prices for some issues but not all those that increased substantially.&nbsp; And some of those that were increased are still low in the catalogue.&nbsp; The Indian market appears to have cooled off a little recently since the higher prices brought out more material and the supply is catching up with demand.&nbsp; Keeping a general catalog current in pricing under circumstances like that is next to impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to collect a certain country or countries, you are better off getting a catalog produced in that country even if it is not in a language you can read.&nbsp; You should be able to figure them out including the pricing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Could you imagine trying to collect US small size notes using only the Krause catalogs?&nbsp; Of course not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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