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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3375956, member: 19463&quot;]References frequently offer a guide to rarity based on how many examples they found when looking in a selected set of places.&nbsp; The theory is that a coin listed from one example in the collection of one museum will be more rare than one listed and seen just about every place that has a coin collection.&nbsp; While often true, such things are not without fault.&nbsp; This does not mean that only one example exists.&nbsp; It means that the study here was based on just one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have posted several opinions on reference books but my style of collecting may not be exactly your style.&nbsp; Consider or ignore as you see fit:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#ric" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#ric" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#ric</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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