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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3301908, member: 19463"]...and I am a TIF fanboy. Her excellent post points out why I am so very opposed to the practice of 'farming' catalog references without looking them up and understanding the original reference in hand. Lets take two books A and B. Because of book A nitpicking some details and book B ignoring them or even nitpicking other details it is NOT the case that all coins with the same A number will have the same B number. When you look a my coin and see it is A1234 and B5678 that does not tell you that your A1234 is also B5678. I know many people want to look more professional and scholarly but I hope we all will use these numbers to communicate and not worship them. Labeling your coin to ten different out of print references you have never seen does not make you a scholar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once (1990's) corresponded with an elderly collector who was convinced there was a code in laurel wreath tie positions in the time of Licinius. His arguments went over my head and I do not know if I would be able to find his letters in that mess I call an attic. He passed away. I did not memorize his theories and had that same "Gimme a break" opinion. I don't even remember his name. Was he right? I'll never know. Will that be common knowledge in discussions on Coin Talk in 2119? I won't know that either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3301908, member: 19463"]...and I am a TIF fanboy. Her excellent post points out why I am so very opposed to the practice of 'farming' catalog references without looking them up and understanding the original reference in hand. Lets take two books A and B. Because of book A nitpicking some details and book B ignoring them or even nitpicking other details it is NOT the case that all coins with the same A number will have the same B number. When you look a my coin and see it is A1234 and B5678 that does not tell you that your A1234 is also B5678. I know many people want to look more professional and scholarly but I hope we all will use these numbers to communicate and not worship them. Labeling your coin to ten different out of print references you have never seen does not make you a scholar. I once (1990's) corresponded with an elderly collector who was convinced there was a code in laurel wreath tie positions in the time of Licinius. His arguments went over my head and I do not know if I would be able to find his letters in that mess I call an attic. He passed away. I did not memorize his theories and had that same "Gimme a break" opinion. I don't even remember his name. Was he right? I'll never know. Will that be common knowledge in discussions on Coin Talk in 2119? I won't know that either.[/QUOTE]
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