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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1786889, member: 19463&quot;]Over the years I got a lot of good out of <b>Roman Silver Coins </b>but I collected mostly early empire coins many of which were silver.&nbsp; There are relatively few silver coins in the last two centuries so RSC V is less valuable than the rest.&nbsp; Exactly where we draw a line between a silver coin and a &#039;silvered&#039; coin makes the last part of volume IV less valuable but for 250 BC to 250 AD, RSC is a good catalog.&nbsp; There is relatively little information other than the catalog but that is what most of you value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am not a fan of ERIC II and could not be a fan of any book with that many pages devoted to relisting catalog numbers and illustrated with photos of only one side of a coin.&nbsp; If you have interest in my opinion, you may read my review:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65466.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65466.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65466.0</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My review was done from a galley proof sent to me by the author for the purpose of doing the review.&nbsp; I have never actually touched a final, bound copy.&nbsp; The proof remains in my attic simply because it is unwieldy compared to a bound book but my opinions of it caused me not to spend the $150.&nbsp; Ras said he sent me the proof because I was the only person out there doing book reviews.&nbsp; I do not disagree with him on this and point out that a proper review of so huge a project is no small task in itself.&nbsp; It is not a review to list what is in a book but you must include how it is presented and how it is useful to your daily participation in the hobby.&nbsp; Certainly it is appropriate to mention the quality of the binding and beauty of the photos but a review of true merit would require actually using the book more than I did in the rush we experienced.&nbsp; That is why I was given the galley proof; waiting on the final books would have delayed the review a couple months.&nbsp; I would be interested in hearing if long term users of ERIC II believe my points, positive and negative, were fair.&nbsp; I can see that there might be those looking for something completely different in a book than I was and have been thrilled by such a Herculean effort.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a better one volume book on Roman coins?&nbsp; I wish I could say there was but the popular definition of what makes a book good or bad just was not the same as my definition.&nbsp; The review should make that clear.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a better use of $150 in educating oneself on Roman coins.&nbsp; I say there is but you will either need to look at it as the first of many $150 chunks you will spend or receive change back from this $150 realizing that you are not really in need of a catalog listing that weighs this much and some other resources would serve as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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