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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1771831, member: 19463&quot;]If you want ID&#039;s by RIC, the best answer is to buy the books.&nbsp; There are ten volumes and a complete set runs a bit over $1000.&nbsp; I only own the volumes that cover the coins I collect most (volumes IV through X) never buying the earlier ones because I had other books I liked better.&nbsp; I wrote a review of RIC a few years back but still believe most of what I said then:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#ric" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#ric" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#ric</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If my review does not talk you out of buying the books, I have another page on how to use RIC:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As old timers here know, I do not believe that finding catalog numbers for coins is all that important as part of my hobby.&nbsp; This is a minority opinion.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather new collectors work on understanding concepts of collecting ancients and learning the terminology but the vast majority just want to assign a catalog number (probably with a rarity rating they don&#039;t understand).&nbsp; Before spending a few thousand on assorted books (I recently bought a ten volume set of Roman Republicans for $500 but that doesn&#039;t mean you should) I suggest you try to learn as much as possible from online sites (most are free and worth more) or by hanging around discussion groups like Coin Talk and asking questions when something is not clear.&nbsp; If you visited my pages linked above you can find the index to the rest of my pages by clicking on the banner at the bottom of the pages.&nbsp; After you have digested all that is online for free, you might want to start buying a few books.&nbsp; A few of us here have over ten feet of bookshelves filled and boxes of others in the attic so you might get several opinions on what books to buy. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Where do you learn about ancient coins?&nbsp; &#039;Here&#039; works for a start.&nbsp; A few of our regulars have been at this for a while (except our resident &#039;junior&#039; who knows more about some things than most of us old guys).&nbsp; Most share rather willingly but if only you read long posts like this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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