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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2495581, member: 78153&quot;]I don&#039;t see any periodicals as &quot;must haves&quot; unless it is in an area that I either do collect or intend to collect.&nbsp; I have been an ANA member in the past, considered The Numismatist a decent publication and think its worth paying for.&nbsp; I have never been an ANS member but have the same opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the others mentioned here and in the other topic, I&#039;ll certainly read them but I won&#039;t spend a single cent because I&#039;d rather spend that money on coins since I can get most of it for free on the internet anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a complete guess, I&#039;d estimate the &quot;typical&quot; collector&#039;s annual coin budget is probably a few hundred $$.&nbsp; The question I would ask is this one.&nbsp; Is spending possibly as much as 10% of your budget for information which is substantially or mostly available for free somewhere else worth it to you?&nbsp; If it is, then go ahead and subscribe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I get a lot more out of participating on coin forums like this one than I ever did reading these general purpose numismatic publications.&nbsp; I can supplement this by buying material specific to what I collect or finding specialized sites such as World Numismatics (aka, Mexican Coin Company) whose proprietors publish a regular newsletter with much better information than I&#039;ll ever find in any of these general sources.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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