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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 969326, member: 6370&quot;]I can see your point but as a person who collects coins and is pained when confronted with spending money on reference books (I do not collect books, I collect coins) then the value in monetary terms might have gone to 0 but value to the collector is quite astronomical and those who wish to have an expanded version can still pay and I dont doubt they will. Its like Coinarchives. That was one of the most valuable free references one could have and then they started charging and it became a choice between buying a coin or six or paying a yearly fee to use coinarchives. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Every dollar I spend on references, as a non-wealthy collector, is that much less money I have to spend on my passion which is not books but coins. Because of this I buy used references (like out of date KM but still quite relevant as a reference) at the cheapest prices and have people scan in pages that are relevant to what I need. For notgeld I still use the Lamb catalog which was published in the 60&#039;s, I got it for 5 dollars.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So I applaud him and anyone who makes valuable knowledge and references available to the collector for free. Like Doug&#039;s website, that is a valuable tool he offers for no charge. It took him time and probably money and effort but he offers it at not cost and thus it is a valuable free tool to collectors. Or Helvetica&#039;s coin ID page...that has been one of the most valuable tool to me. Coinarchive became a pay site so ACSearch went up to provide a free service (at least with ancients) and kudos to them. I am endeavoring to offer a free online english search reference for Notgeld. To me it shows they care about what is, essentially for most, a hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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