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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 757481, member: 15309&quot;]While I agree with your assessment, I believe it is pretty easy to figure out which members of online forums know their stuff and which ones are full of crap.&nbsp; The problem with books is they are not always unbiased works of information.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t believe me, pick up a copy of Weimar White&#039;s &quot;Coin Chemistry&quot;.&nbsp; He pretty much advocates that every toned coin be dipped white.&nbsp; This is not a practice that is accepted by anyone in the mainstream of the numismatic community.&nbsp; How many collectors that read his book know that he is part of the lunatic fringe before they read it.&nbsp; Nine times out of ten, if you hear a collector say that toning is corrosion/damage, they have read his book.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The beauty of the information on the internet is that you can read, respond, question, debate, ignore, and defend it until you are content.&nbsp; The majority of my numismatic education now comes from online debates with other experience collectors.&nbsp; Even if I still disagree with their opinion at the debates end, I still gain an understanding of the opposing point of view which I consider very valuable information.&nbsp; I can&#039;t get that from a book.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess what I am trying to say is that every source of information has both value and limitations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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