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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4981387, member: 19463"]Rather than searching for numbers, try to develop a 'feel' for what sort of differences editors of catalogs like RIC look for when deciding what gets a separate number and what is overlooked. For example one coin might have a random dot while another has a dot added at specific point in time an indicates something (perhaps a weight change?). RIC is famous for the inconsistencies on how things were arranged, volume to volume. Understanding the concepts will do you more good in the long run than just tacking a mysterious number onto a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>It should be overwhelming. Get over the thought you can know everything. When you stop learning, you die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4981387, member: 19463"]Rather than searching for numbers, try to develop a 'feel' for what sort of differences editors of catalogs like RIC look for when deciding what gets a separate number and what is overlooked. For example one coin might have a random dot while another has a dot added at specific point in time an indicates something (perhaps a weight change?). RIC is famous for the inconsistencies on how things were arranged, volume to volume. Understanding the concepts will do you more good in the long run than just tacking a mysterious number onto a coin. It should be overwhelming. Get over the thought you can know everything. When you stop learning, you die.[/QUOTE]
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