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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4509366, member: 19463&quot;]I am honored.&nbsp; I do agree with about half of the ideas posted to this thread but that is not so bad considering the fact that I only agree with myself about that often.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Books are wonderful.&nbsp; I have learned a lot from coin books but there are quite a number that are worthless also.&nbsp; More are good but out of print and not worth the going price on the used market.&nbsp; I have a few thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; I agree with buying the books before the coins but I suggest exhausting the online resources before buying the books.&nbsp; Perhaps that way you will be able to decide which books would be good for you and which duplicate the free online material.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. Klawans has been surpassed.&nbsp; Sayles is a bit expensive but probably worth it.&nbsp; Still, looking online you might find my book page</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html</a></p><p>or the much superior pages of literatuure posted by CT regular Valentinian:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html</a></p><p>Still, we differ on a few (particularly ERIC II) but he has a good coverage of most books.&nbsp; There is a problem with prices on out of print books.&nbsp; The Vagi set is worth the $76 price but not the $217 number.&nbsp; Used book prices on Amazon are driven by computer programs designed to be absurd in one direction or another.&nbsp; I stopped updating my pages years ago and some of my recommendations are hard to find for a reasonable price.&nbsp; If you want a bargain for good information, start with what is free and work up to the pricey stuff.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For the record: I do not like online sites that give nothing but RIC or other catalog numbers.&nbsp; Catalog numbers tell you nothing about the coins except that number.&nbsp; If you are a slave to catalog numbers, buy the catalog rather than stealing the numbers from a third party.&nbsp; There is a difference between using catalogs and worshiping them.&nbsp; RIC is a great book with a lot of information that would be worth reading even if all the numbers were deleted.&nbsp; I tend to prefer books that convey information in words rather than numbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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